Ganga riverfront construction work stopped in Bihar’s Bhagalpur for violating Wildlife Sanctuary Act

Construction site is close to sanctuary considered safe hub for endangered dolphins

Shrinking homes

The population of river dolphin has declined by 50 per cent since Independence

Oil India's seimic survey threatens rare dolphin

Seismic survey in the Brahmaputra

Oil survey in Assam will endanger biodiversity, affect people

Science & Technology - Briefs

A dolphin paradise, in the middle of chaos

Barely 45 minutes away from Varanasi, is a patch of the Ganga that is dolphin heaven

Dolphins return

Paints that prey

A compound used in paints could be responsible for dolphin deaths in US

Who will save the Ganga?

The river continues to stink, in the fifth year of the Modi government

Dolphin population in Odisha's Gahirmatha halves: Annual census

Total 233 dolphins spotted across Odisha, down from 259 in 2019, 270 in 2015

'Dolphin-safe' labels for tuna held illegal

World Trade Organisation says US policy restricts tuna trade

TERRESTRIAL TRAIL

In short

A new river dolphin identified in Bolivia

Oil spill in Bangladesh’s Sela river threatens dolphin sanctuary

Nearly 350,000 litres of furnace oil spilled in the river on December 9

MEXICO

Another dolphin hunting season

Sonar exemption for US Navy angers environmentalists

Japanese council members protest serving of dolphin meat in schools

Global Eco Watch: Arm forest guards with guns instead of lathis, suggests SC

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Global Eco Watch: Reliance plans ‘largest zoo’ in Jamnagar

Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology

A giant dolphin once resided in the Peruvian Amazon. Its closest living relatives today inhabit the Indus and Ganga

At 3.5 metres long, the Pebanista yacuruna was the largest river dolphin that ever existed