Endangered Icon: The endangered Ganges River Dolphin is more than just a beautiful creature; it's a barometer of river systems' health. United Initiative: To conserve the Ganges dolphin population, a ...

Patna: Graceful, elusive and nearly blind, the Ganges river dolphin, locally known as \"susu\", once glided through the murky ...

Patna: In the ancient heartland of Bihar, where the Ganga meanders past whispering sandbars and age-old settlements, a 60km ...

Today, it is estimated that 2,500-3,000 Ganges river dolphins survive in the wild. Of these, more than 80 percent can be found in the river Ganga and her tributaries.

These are Gangetic dolphins, a species of river dolphin - and India's national aquatic animal - that's found largely in the Ganges-Brahmaputra river system in the northern part of the country.

Alongside the endangered Ganges River Dolphin, which is largely found in neighboring India, they are the only extant members of a superfamily of cetaceans called the Plantanista ...

The Ganges river dolphin, which has been chosen as India’s national aquatic animal, is unique in its ecology, being nearly blind and relying on echolocation for its biological needs.

Another well-established species in the Eastern Hemisphere calls the Ganges River home in parts of India, Bangladesh and Nepal. These blind river dolphins, or susu, have lost their vision altogether, ...

The Ganges River Dolphin is unique in its ecology, being nearly blind and relying on echolocation for its biological needs. Approximately 90% of the species’ population resides in India, ...

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