Entanglement in fishing nets and habitat loss are the greatest threats to dolphins. River dolphin populations are severely fragmented due to the building of dams. Some subpopulations of dolphins are ...

WWF calls for immediate ban on gill nets near dolphin pools Bangkok --The population of critically endangered Mekong River Dolphins -- also known as Irrawaddy Dolphins -- in the Cheuteal ...

There are 200 of the planet’s most prominent cetacean scientists currently meeting at the International Whaling Commission’s Scientific Committee in San Diego and they have been presented with new ...

Washington, DC—The Taiwanese government must act quickly to ban gill and trammel nets and stop development from further degrading the habitat of the critically endangered Taiwanese white dolphin, ...

Some of the world’s leading whale, dolphin and porpoise scientists have expressed their ‘extreme concern’ about the survival of New Zealand’s Maui’s dolphin, urging the government to take immediate ...

Pakistan, July 18 -- The World Wildlife Fund (WWF-USA), the world's largest non-governmental environmental conservation organization, has lauded Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif for achieving ...

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 ...

Washington, DC—The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) announced a proposed rule today to list the Atlantic humpback dolphin under the Endangered Species Act, in response to a 2021 petition filed ...

Researchers from Professor Mohammad Abdul Aziz's team at Jahangirnagar University in Bangladesh pose with colleagues from the ...

There are around 40 species of dolphins alive today. They are found all over the world and live in both freshwater and marine habitats. However, although many species are thriving with populations in ...