But the locals have an even stranger tale; they've long told the story of Boto, the Amazonian River Dolphin species that turns pink. Surprisingly, it turns out that this bizarre tale is true.

Venturing deep into the complex waterways of the Amazon, Colombian marine biologist Fernando Trujillo first set out to study the mysterious pink river dolphin in 1987, at the directive of the late ...

While there is a species known as the pink river dolphin, that particular species lives in freshwater river basins across South America, according to the World Wildlife Fund. These animals were ...

Dolphins live in all the world’s oceans and even some of the largest freshwater rivers. Like whales, they’re considered ...

Along with their counterparts the tucuxi dolphins, the rare pink river dolphin is under threat from a number of forces. But listening in on their echolocation might be a key part in conserving the ...

Pink River Dolphin or Boto (Inia geoffrensis) (Getty Images) People have sighted Albino bottlenose dolphins, though also rare, in the wild. A whale museum in Japan also captured an albino dolphin.

There are two types of species associated with the term "pink dolphin." The first is the Amazon river dolphin, also known as the boto (Inia geoffrensis), which is found in the freshwater systems ...

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