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FRESHWATER DOLPHIN SPECIES
Like the Yangtze dolphin, the Ganga’s own could vanish next: Scientists reveal 39 toxins poisoning this endangered speciesA recent study reveals alarming levels of toxic chemicals in the Ganga river, endangering the Gangetic dolphins. These freshwater dolphins ...- India conducts first-ever riverine dolphin population estimation exerciseIndia has completed its first estimation of riverine dolphin populations across the Ganga, Brahmaputra, and Indus river systems. Conducted ...
- Chilika lake a hotspot of biodiversity"For the first time, near-threatened ferruginous ducks and a group of Eurasian otters were spotted in the lagoon in the 2022 Flora and Faun...
- Pregnant dolphin found dead in UPAccording to Singh, a team of veterinary doctors conducted a post-mortem of the dead dolphin and a fetus was found in its uterus. Singh sai...
- Bisons revive, freshwater dolphins dwindle: Conservationists
- PM Modi announces project for conservation of dolphinsTen years after Gangetic Dolphins were declared national aquatic animals, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Saturday a conservation...
- Satellites monitoring endangered pink dolphins in Brazil's AmazonBrasilia, Dec 7 (IANS) Threatened by hydroelectric projects, pollution and fishing, Amazon pink river dolphins were now being tracked and m...
- In a first, Centre launches survey to ascertain Gangetic dolphin numbersThe survey will create a baseline scientific data for the govt to take suitable measures to improve quality of the river water, the Nationa...
- Gangetic dolphins increase in Ganga and tributariesThe number of Gangetic dolphins has increased in Ganga and its tributaries. The dolphin census 2015 has counted 1,263 dolphins in the state.
- Dolphins first to gain from project GangaThis is the first time we are doing a composite survey covering the whole of the Ganga. We are working on logistical details such as manpow...
- For the first time, a dozen dolphins spotted in BeasFor the first time, the officials of Harike wildlife sanctuary, 60km from Amritsar, have spotted 12 Indus dolphins, an endangered species, ...
- Study finds rare turtles, gharials in parts of YamunaThe filthy stretch of Yamuna in Delhi is often not acknowledged to be a river at all. But wildlife researchers studying the Yamuna say that...
- Dredging, illegal fishing hurting dolphin numbersA major stretch of Yamuna river between Panchnada and Sangam (Allahabad), considered a suitable habitat for highly endangered Gangetic Dolp...
- Dolphin count goes up in Terai regionThe number of Gangetic dolphins in the Terai region of Katarniaghat of Dudhwa tiger reserve has gone up as per the ongoing survey of the fo...
- Survey to count Ganges river dolphinsThe Ganges river dolphins are one of the four living species of dolphin that reside in freshwater rivers and estuaries. There were 4,000-5,...
- Gangetic dolphins flock KatarniaghatKatarniaghat wildlife sanctuary is a part of the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve, and is located near the Indo-Nepal border, in the Terai area of Bahr...
- Dolphin poaching goes unabatedDespite Gangetic dolphins being an endangered species, they are being killed at an alarming rate in Bihar.
- Clean Ganga project underway to up dolphin populationThe ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) is planning to get down to cleaning the Ganges river in order to revive the freshwater dolph...
- Endangered dolphins made national aquatic animalAlarmed over the sharp drop in the number of freshwater dolphins, the Manmohan Singh government on Monday declared dolphins as a national a...
- Religious leaders doing their bit to save freshwater dolphinsReligious leaders and locals of this sleepy town are doing their bit to save the endangered fresh water dolphins found in the river Ganga.
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