Amazon’s iconic pink river dolphins are facing a dramatic population decline, and scientists are rushing to uncover the reasons. Climate change, pollution, habitat destruction, and illegal fishing are ...

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A new study observed Amazon river dolphins for 218.9 hours and saw males spurt urine into the air 36 times—proof that the ...

Aerial urination by the Amazon dolphin (Claryana Araújo-Wang) The study documents 36 instances of “aerial urination” by boto between 2014 and 2018 and records the sequence, duration and ...

Scientists are perplexed by a strange new behaviour shown by the Amazon river dolphin of flipping belly-up to urinate with another male “actively” seeking the stream with its snout.

An Amazon river dolphin, also known as a boto. Credit: Oceancetaceen / CC BY-SA 2.0 Scientists studying Amazon river dolphins, known as botos, have documented a peculiar ritual: males flip onto their ...

A dead dolphin has been recovered from the Halda River in Sipahighat, located in Binajuri Union of Rauzan Upazila. The dolphin was found around 12pm today (5 February), making it the first reported ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. IQUITOS, Peru – The Plight of the Pink River Dolphin is a short documentary investigating the illegal exploitation of endangered pink river ...

Scientists are perplexed by a strange new behaviour shown by the Amazon river dolphin of flipping belly-up to urinate with another male “actively” seeking the stream with its snout.

Scientists are perplexed by a strange new behaviour shown by the Amazon river dolphin of flipping belly-up to urinate with another male “actively” seeking the stream with its snout. The quirky dolphin ...

Researchers observed an unusual behavior among male Amazon river dolphins, known as botos, where they flip onto their backs and urinate into the air, a phenomenon termed "aerial urination." ...