River Dolphins
River dolphins are cetaceans, which means that they related to whales and porpoises. These mammals live only in rivers and waterways of Asia and South America. There are five species ...
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Asia's Irrawaddy dolphin, once facing extinction, is now making
a comeback and drawing increasing numbers of tourists to Cambodia.
Five years ago, Cambodia became concerned that the dolphin...
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Shanghai (dpa) - A baiji, or Yangtze River dolphin, has been
spotted in the Chinese river, days after a top scientist had said the
freshwater mammal was probably extinct, Ch...
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A crew of Brazilian fishermen was captured on video killing 83 dolphins and joking about their illegal haul, Brazil's Ibama environmental protection agency said Tuesday.The video obtained by an Iba...
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An exterminator was sentenced to prison Friday for stealing more than 2,000 exhibits including dolphin, leopard and bat skeletons in Australia's biggest museum theft.Dutch-born Hendrikus van Leeuwe...
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An expedition searching for a rare Yangtze River dolphin ended Wednesday without a single sighting and with the team's leader saying one of the world's oldest species was effectively extinct.The wh...
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The Chinese crested tern, a rare sea bird whose eggs are prized by some as a delicacy, is likely to be extinct in five years if authorities do not step up protection efforts, a conservation group s...
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Slovenian Martin Strel approached the halfway point of his attempt to swim the entire length of the Amazon river Thursday, trying to avoid severe burns, alligators and the dreaded bloodsucking toot...
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It isn't often that the northern hairy-nosed wombat, the finger-sized slender loris, and the mountain pygmy possum share the spotlight. But these odd creatures are the focus of a conservation progr...
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River Dolphins
FEATURE: Cambodia's once-endangered river dolphins now drawing tourists
