Rare dolphin pulled from Amazon lake to study effects of climate change MANAUS, Brazil (Reuters) - A team of biologists, vets and fishermen temporarily captured rare freshwater dolphins in the Amazon ...

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Artistic reconstruction of Pebanista yacuruna in the murky waters of the Peruvian proto-Amazonia. Credit: Jaime Bran Paleontologists from the University of Zurich have announced the discovery of a new ...

Paleontologists discovered a fossilized skull of a newly described species of giant freshwater dolphin in the Peruvian Amazon, which lived around 16 million years ago and is considered the ...

PUERTO NARINO, Colombia (AP) — A flash of pink breaks the muddy surface of the Amazon River as scientists and veterinarians, waist-deep in the warm current, patiently work a mesh net around a pod of ...

Measuring between 3 to 3.5 meters, 16 million years old: Paleontologists have announced the discovery of a new species of freshwater dolphin in the Peruvian Amazon region. Surprisingly, its closest ...