Two Gangetic dolphins found dead in Bihar in the last 3 days

Dolphins are frequently targeted by poachers for their skin and oil

Will the inauguration of Ganga navigation destroy the river’s ecology?

Down To Earth talks to riverine experts on what could happen to the river’s flow, depth and wildlife

Thriving Gangetic dolphin presence in Bihar, reveals census

Experts say it means the Ganga in the state is healthy as the dolphins can only survive in clean and fresh water

Patrolling ordered on the Ganga in Bihar to conserve its dolphins

The move came after reports emerged that fishermen in Vaishali and Saran were netting small fish, the main food of the dolphins

Indus dolphin in Punjab

Rise in salinity threatens Gangetic river dolphin habitats

Researchers find no dolphins in areas where salinity crosses 10 parts per trillion

Amazon river dolphins now listed as ‘Endangered’ by IUCN

The update is part of assessments or reassessments of 35 cetacean species, subspecies or populations published on the IUCN Red List in November 2018

Gangetic dolphins declared as official mascot of Guwahati

Citizens voted for the mammal in a three-month-long voting process

Gangetic dolphins found in Bihar’s Mahananda river

Seven adults and seven calves found in the survey conducted in March and April this year

Ganga riverfront construction work stopped in Bihar’s Bhagalpur for violating Wildlife Sanctuary Act

Construction site is close to sanctuary considered safe hub for endangered dolphins

Shrinking homes

The population of river dolphin has declined by 50 per cent since Independence

Three flagship marshland species found in Odisha's Chilika lake

Fishing Cat, Smooth-coated Otter and Eurasian Otter populations detected in Chilika brings attention to India’s largest contiguous marshland

Oil India's seimic survey threatens rare dolphin

Seismic survey in the Brahmaputra

Oil survey in Assam will endanger biodiversity, affect people

Science & Technology - Briefs

A dolphin paradise, in the middle of chaos

Barely 45 minutes away from Varanasi, is a patch of the Ganga that is dolphin heaven

Global Eco Watch: Botswana farmers can now keep small game on their farms

Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology   

Carcass of Spinner dolphin found in Odisha

The recovery of the carcass has taken the number of dead marine animals in Odisha in the last five months to six

Dolphins return

India bans use of dolphins for commercial entertainment

Environment ministry says dolphins are ‘non-human persons’; morally unacceptable to capture them for entertainment

Dolphin population declines in India’s only dolphin sanctuary

Dredging, freight transport, pollution, and a lack of management plan leaves India’s only dolphin sanctuary under threat, and a drop in …

Paints that prey

A compound used in paints could be responsible for dolphin deaths in US

Who will save the Ganga?

The river continues to stink, in the fifth year of the Modi government

Work on India’s first dolphin research centre to start in Patna post-monsoon

The National Dolphin Research Centre would boost conservation efforts for river dolphins and would provide an opportunity for in-depth research …

Dolphin population in Odisha's Gahirmatha halves: Annual census

Total 233 dolphins spotted across Odisha, down from 259 in 2019, 270 in 2015