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Rare Dolphin Spotted With ‘Hooked’ Flippers Defies Scientists’ Expectations
The scientists said the crustacean, a member of the striped dolphin species, didn't endure an illness or injury. Instead, its "hooks" likely came from a rare genetic mutation caused by inbreeding.
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Saving the world’s rarest freshwater dolphin
Locally known as Bhulan, the Indus river dolphin is the most endangered freshwater dolphin species in the world. It is native to the Indus River system, with the only viable population existing in ...
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Rare finless dolphin discovered in Cambodia — marking country’s first sighting
adding that they will continue to research the deceased dolphin. Officials also appealed to local anglers, asking them to help protect this rare species. Specifically, anglers were asked to avoid ...
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Brazilian biologists manage to picture rare example of albino dolphin
Brazilian biologists have found an extremely rare example of an albino dolphin among an endangered species that lives off the southern coast of South America. The research group, based at Univille ...
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Endangered South Asian river dolphins are two different species, scientists find
Significant differences prove Indus river dolphin and Ganges river dolphin are two separate species After two decades of research, scientists have recognised the Endangered Indus and Ganges river ...
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Atlantic Humpback Dolphin Takes Step Toward Endangered Species Act Protection
WASHINGTON— The National Marine Fisheries Service announced today that it would begin a status review to determine whether the highly imperiled Atlantic humpback dolphin should be protected under the ...
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Tragic Discovery: Endangered Dolphin Carcass Found in Odisha
The carcass of an endangered bottlenose dolphin washed ashore in Odisha's Bhitarkanika National Park. Officials noted its size at 8.2 feet and confirmed it died at sea days before. Local residents ...
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Cambodia records 9 newborn rare freshwater dolphins so far this year
PHNOM PENH, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia has registered nine newborn Mekong Irrawaddy dolphin calves with three deaths so far this year, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said in a ...
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Atlantic Humpback Dolphin Recommended for Endangered Species Act Listing
WASHINGTON— The National Marine Fisheries Service announced a proposed rule today to list the Atlantic humpback dolphin under the Endangered Species Act, in response to a 2021 petition filed by the ...
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Local Wisdom and Modern Efforts Unite in Protecting the Endangered Mahakam Dolphin
Pela Village in Kutai Kartanegara Regency, East Kalimantan Province, is a conservation-oriented tourist village of high value ...
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Critically endangered dolphin gains trade protection under CITES
The member countries of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) today voted to prohibit ... but there remains an active trade in them for dolphin shows and water parks ...
Ecologists see red as Goa tourism dept puts wrong species of dolphin on promo poster
Panaji: Goa officials are soon off to London to promote ‘Destination Goa’ there at the World Travel Mart from Nov 5 to 7.