After around 219 hours of observations, they can confirm that male Amazon river dolphins (Inia geoffrensis), also known as botos, often roll onto their backs and urinate over three feet into the air.

Male Amazon river dolphins have been documented rolling upside down and firing a stream of urine into the air. As if that isn’t bizarre enough, other males will usually seek out the urine as it ...

For the first time ever, WWF and research partners are now tracking river dolphins in the Amazon using satellite technology after scientists successfully tagged dolphins in Brazil, Colombia and ...

The Amazon river dolphins — some pink in color — are a unique freshwater species found only in the rivers of South America. A slow reproductive cycle makes their populations especially prone ...

Dolphins are, without a doubt, one of the best creatures in the world. They’re playful and fun and cute and yes, they too like to surf. They’ve been around for a while now, living in both salt ...

WWF has been working on bufeo conservation since 2006 as part of a South American initiative to estimate river dolphin populations in the Amazon and Orinoco basins. During that process, threats to the ...