Creating genomes from DNA is hugely important for managing threatened species—understanding their past and how they have ...

An unlikely citizen scientist is helping to save an endangered dolphin that lives in Pakistan’s Indus River. He’s a fisherman who cannot read or write. Using his battered mobile, Sikander Ali ...

5 fast facts about dolphins Dolphins use tools to find food. Some dolphins cover their beaks with sponges while searching for food on the seafloor. Others use empty shells to trap fish. Dolphins ...

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 myth about their ...

Brazilian scientists worry that a few straight days of intense sun could be all it takes to trigger the next die-off of the endangered dolphins.

The dumping of effluent and fertilizer into Florida waters caused a massive bloom of phytoplankton, killing off much of the dolphins' food supply.

A Nigerian conservationist and his team are racing to save the Atlantic humpback dolphin (Sousa teuszii), a shy, mysterious cetacean found in Africa's coastal waters.

A dolphin rescue center said most of the dead dolphins were from the endangered Azov species.

Whales and dolphins, including endangered sperm whales, inhabit a deep Pacific zone targeted for seabed mining. Scientists warn that noise and sediment from mining could disrupt their behavior and ...

Kolkata: In the first comprehensive study on Irrawaddy dolphins — estuarine dolphins that are more salt-tolerant — in the Indian Sundarbans, researche.