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 ...

The rarest marine dolphin in the world – down to 111 individuals following decades of entanglement in fishing nets – is to receive protection over more of its range from the New Zealand government ...

Pakistan, July 18 -- The World Wildlife Fund (WWF-USA), the world's largest non-governmental environmental conservation ...

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 ...

Other species caught included the endangered white skate and undulate ray, as well as rarer records of common and Risso dolphins. Catches varied throughout the study region, and included Ireland's ...

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, ...

Forest officer Arunima Singh said the operation was particularly challenging as the dolphin weighed around 147 kg and ...

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 ...