Dolphins are not only some of the most gracious and charismatic animals on Earth, but are rapidly becoming effective conservation messengers. The Amazon is home to three species of dolphins: the pink ...

Environmental science and conservation news. But this wasn’t predatory fishing — one of the factors that has placed the Amazon river dolphin (Inia geoffrensis) at risk of extinction, according ...

Monitoring echolocation clicks could be used to track the movements of two endangered freshwater dolphin species that inhabit inaccessible parts of the Amazon Basin — the boto (or pink river ...

Trujillo, pictured far left, performs a health check on an Amazon River dolphin alongside his team. His conservation organization, Omacha Foundation, works throughout South America to help ...

Citation: Listening in on endangered Amazon River dolphins (2023, July 27) ... Cambodian leader U-turns on rare dolphin conservation law. Apr 27, 2023.

“It’s clear that the Amazon river dolphin is facing increasing threats from humans,” says Dr. Elizabeth Campbell, of the Centre for Ecology and Conservation on Exeter’s Penryn Campus in ...

Towards automated long-term acoustic monitoring of endangered river dolphins: A case study in the Brazilian Amazon floodplains. Scientific Reports , 13 (1), 10801. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-36518-1 ...

Satellite-monitored movements of the Amazon River dolphin and considerations for their conservation. Oryx , 2023; 1 DOI: 10.1017/S0030605322001557 Cite This Page : ...

Trujillo, 55, has studied Amazon river dolphins since he was a college student in the 1980s. In 1993, he co-founded the Omacha Foundation, which focuses on conserving animals and ecosystems.

According to Fernando Trujillo, a National Geographic Explorer and founder of the Omacha Foundation (which engages in Colombian conservation projects), the Amazon pink river dolphin population in ...

The carcasses of at least 125 Amazon river dolphins have been found floating or beached after temperatures in Lake Tefé, Brazil, reached a staggering 39.1 degrees Celsius. By Ana Ionova and Livia ...

Amazon river dolphins are under threat from fishing and proposed new dams and ... The research was carried out by the University of Exeter and Peruvian conservation organisation Pro Delphinus.