A dolphin swims along the Indus river in the southern Pakistani city of Sukkur. Local legend has it that Pakistan's Indus River dolphin was once a woman, transformed by a curse from a holy man ...

New species of extinct dolphin sheds light on river dolphin history. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2014 / 09 / 140909192036.htm ...

While all 5 species are threatened with extinction, progress has been achieved in recent years. In Pakistan, collaborative efforts involving fishers, communities, WWF and the authorities have seen ...

“Significantly increasing the number of Indus River dolphins over the past 15 years is a remarkable achievement considering the ever-increasing pressure on the river and the species, and shows that ...

Habitat Fragmentation and Species Extirpation in Freshwater Ecosystems; Causes of Range Decline of the Indus River Dolphin (Platanista gangetica minor). PLoS ONE , 2014; 9 (7): e101657 DOI: 10. ...

Locally known as bhulan, the Indus dolphin is the second most endangered freshwater dolphin species in the world, the first being the ‘functionally extinct’ Yangtze river dolphin. This species ...

The South Asian River dolphin, which includes the Gangus and Indus river dolphins, is an endangered species that makes its home in three river systems of Southeast Asia today, but in the deep past ...

They all have long, skinny, extended beaks, but the Amazon River dolphin is pink! There are 38 oceanic dolphins, too many to list individually. A few are particularly notable species, though.

The unusual river dolphins, some of them known for their poor eyesight and side-swimming behavior are all descendants of ocean-dwelling species. Until now, however, there has been no consensus ...

Citation: Braulik GT, Arshad M, Noureen U, Northridge SP (2014) Habitat Fragmentation and Species Extirpation in Freshwater Ecosystems; Causes of Range Decline of the Indus River Dolphin ...