Patna: Graceful, elusive and nearly blind, the Ganges river dolphin, locally known as \"susu\", once glided through the murky ...

The first population estimation of riverine dolphins in India has revealed the presence of 6,327 dolphins in the Ganga, Brahmaputra and Indus River systems, according to a government report ...

The Ganges river dolphin, which has been chosen as India’s national aquatic animal, is unique in its ecology, being nearly blind and relying on echolocation for its biological needs.

Similar projects are also set to be carried out in Bangladesh to protect Ganges River dolphins and Pakistan to safeguard Indus River dolphins. "China's experience is becoming a replicable ...

As development continues along the Indus, reduced water flow & fertility plague locals’ survival in Sindh’s delta ...

Dolphins are one of the oldest creatures in the world along with some species of turtles, crocodiles and sharks. The Ganges river dolphin was officially discovered in 1801. Ganges river dolphins once ...

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Indus river dolphins are believed to have originated in the ancient Tethys Sea. When the sea dried up approximately 50 million years ago, the dolphins were forced to adapt to its only remaining ...

India last month suspended its adherence to a treaty in operation for 65 years to share with Pakistan the waters of another great South Asian river, the Indus. Meanwhile the 30-year-old Ganges Water ...

Lucknow: A pod of six stranded Gangetic river dolphins was rescued from the Sharda canal near Anchali Khera village in Lucknow's Mohanlalganj and released into the Ghaghra river in Bahraich ...

A 6-foot bottlenose dolphin that became stranded in a Cumberland County creek last week died Thursday morning during a rescue ...

In-water captures are high risk as they pose a significant danger to both the dolphin as well as the responders.” ...