The research was a long-term collaboration between the University of St Andrews, WWF-Pakistan, Patna University in India, and the Southwest Fisheries Science Center of the National Oceanic and ...

The new freshwater species, named Pebanista yacuruna, is linked to the rare contemporary South Asian river dolphin Platanista and the saltwater relatives from which it likely evolved. The find was ...

A joint declaration has been signed between nine nations from Asia and South America to save river dolphins from extinction. The document was signed in the Colombian capital of Bogotá between ...

and freshwater lagoons in South and Southeast Asia. In Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady River, these dolphins are known for “cooperative fishing” with humans, where the animals voluntarily herd schools ...

Officials added, "the Ganga River Dolphin, or ‘Susu,' is one of two subspecies of South Asian River Dolphin, with its counterpart, the Indus Dolphin, found in Pakistan's Indus and Beas Rivers.