After around 219 hours of observations, they can confirm that male Amazon river dolphins (Inia geoffrensis), also known as botos, often roll onto their backs and urinate over three feet into the air.
Male Amazon river dolphins have been documented rolling upside down and firing a stream of urine into the air. As if that isn’t bizarre enough, other males will usually seek out the urine as it ...
However, this majestic marine mammal is now grappling with serious threats: widespread pollution and significant habitat loss. A closeup shot of a beautiful dolphin swimming in the blue sea. Image via ...
Also among the smallest is the Amazon Sotalia. These dolphin species occur in several color variations ... But illegal hunting, the unrestrained destruction, pollution, and exploitation of its habitat ...
Deep in the world's largest rainforest, there is a boiling river. Found in eastern central Peru, it is a small tributary that eventually leads to the Amazon River. Heated by cracks in the Earth's ...
A miles-long cluster of dolphins has been filmed leaping and gliding across Carmel Bay off the central coast of California, forming an unusual "super pod" of more than 1,500 of the marine creatures.
The event aims to highlight the wetland’s biodiversity and raise awareness about Sutlej River pollution. Activists call for sustainable ecotourism and government action to protect ecosystems.
Mui and Hectors Dolphin Defenders is calling on the National-led coalition government to exclude trawl and set nets from Mui and Hectors habitat – out to 100m deep and 20 nautical miles and fund a ...
A 1998 MIT study estimated the moisture flux of an AR is roughly the same as that of the Amazon River, about 176,000 tons per second. Taken together, ARs are responsible for 90% of the moisture ...