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By Romi Castagnino IQUITOS, Peru – The Plight of the Pink River Dolphin is a short documentary investigating the illegal exploitation of endangered pink river dolphins in the Amazon, driven by a ...
Deep in the Amazon, there’s a dolphin unlike any other—pink, mysterious, and surprisingly powerful. In this video, we explore ...
Thurman Gustin has been fishing along a river in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, for more than 20 years. Last week, he came across something he's never seen before – two rare, pink dolphins. He ...
Eavesdropping on pink river dolphins could help save them These candy-colored cetaceans are facing a number of human-made threats, even in some of the most inhospitable spots of the Amazon River ...
The Amazon river dolphin, or boto, is an integral feature of the rainforest’s biodiversity and culture, and is central to several Indigenous tales. Even though the dolphin isn’t fished for ...
Claire Bye, 28, was swimming in a river in Santa Rosa de Yacuma, Bolivia, last month when she was bitten by a pink river dolphin. Four days later, she developed a potentially life-threatening ...
Also called the boto, the Amazon river dolphin sometimes comes in pink—at least the males do. Their pink skin is a result of scarring.
While the pink Amazon river dolphin is classified as a vulnerable species in certain areas, they are much more common than the albino dolphins of the Gulf of Mexico.
In the heart of the Amazon rainforest, marine biologist Fernando Trujillo is a beacon of hope for the inhabitants of the iconic river.
ALBAWABA - A video was virally shared on social media showing a rare pink dolphin swimming in the Amazon River. The 17-second clip gained massive interaction with over 5 million views and ...
CAMERON, La. (KPLC /Gray News) – A rare pink dolphin was spotted in Louisiana last week that could be a female albino named “Pinky” by locals. Fishermen caught the animal on camera swimming around ...