Swimming with the piranhas and anacondas below the surface of the Amazon River in Bolivia is a rare species: pink, freshwater dolphins. These animals, locally known as "bufeos," are an indicator ...

Updated at 12:12 p.m. ET on November 13, 2020 I’m on a speedboat on the Rio Madeira, which translates to “wood river,” near the Brazilian city of Porto Velho in the upper Amazon River basin.

Pink dolphins swim in freshwater rivers and the salty brine of the Indo-Pacific Ocean, but they are actually two different species with some key differences Boto is the largest species of river ...

A pink river dolphin, or boto, displaying aerial behavior in the Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve. Marina Gaona - IDSM Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 ...

A pink dolphin became stranded in shallow waters Location: Casanare, Colombia Veterinarians and armed forces joined efforts to rescue it (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) CASANARE AIR GROUP COMMANDER, CORONEL ...

Thurman Gustin has been fishing along a river in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, for more than 20 years. Last week, he came across something he's never seen before – two rare, pink dolphins.

Also called the boto, the Amazon river dolphin sometimes comes in pink—at least the males do. Their pink skin is a result of scarring.

In other words, river dolphins are in their natural habitat and are wild, it is hard to predict levels of damage, but humans can be hurt when hit by a dolphin leap that can reach 200kg [440 pounds ...

According to Fernando Trujillo, a National Geographic Explorer and founder of the Omacha Foundation (which engages in Colombian conservation projects), the Amazon pink river dolphin population in ...

The pink river dolphin has a robust yet very flexible body and a long beak, typical of the family. Sensory hairs are present on top of the beak, although they are more conspicuous in young and ...