The carcasses of around 200 river dolphins were floating across the seven-foot (two-meter) deep waters of Lake Tefé, as a ...

Rare dolphin pulled from Amazon lake to study effects of climate change MANAUS, Brazil (Reuters) - A team of biologists, vets and fishermen temporarily captured rare freshwater dolphins in the Amazon ...

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PUERTO NARINO, Colombia (AP) — A flash of pink breaks the muddy surface of the Amazon River as scientists and veterinarians, waist-deep in the warm current, patiently work a mesh net around a pod of ...

Around 16 million years ago, a dolphin giant cruised the depths of its watery domain. But unlike most modern dolphins, its home wasn't an ocean; it lived in a freshwater lake in the Peruvian Amazon.