STORY: These rare freshwater dolphins, known for their striking pink color, are only found in the rivers of South America. But climate change and drought are threatening the species. Now, a team of ...

Brazil is an extraordinary destination for wildlife enthusiasts, offering some of the most diverse ecosystems on the planet. From the lush Amazon rainforest to the idyllic islands of Fernando de ...

Brazil's Fishing and Aquaculture Ministry is outlawing the fishing of a certain breed of catfish for the next five years. Not to protect the bottom-feeding catfish, but to protect the freshwater ...

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil will temporarily ban the catch of a type of catfish in an effort to halt the killing of the Amazon pink dolphin, whose flesh is used as bait, the Fishing and Aquaculture ...

Some 153 dolphins have died in a single week in a Brazilian lake, 10 percent of the lake's entire dolphin population. The Lake Tefé dead were made up of 130 pink dolphins and 23 tucuxi dolphins, both ...

Rescuers rush to help Amazon river dolphins after more than 100 animals were found dead in Lake Tefé, wildlife organizations said. Miguel Monteiro Photo from Instituto Mamirauá Over 100 river dolphins ...

SAO PAULO, Oct 27 (Reuters) - More rare freshwater dolphins in Brazil have been found dead in a new location along the Amazon River, in the latest grim fallout from the longest drought in the ...

PUERTO NARINO, Colombia (AP) — A flash of pink breaks the muddy surface of the Amazon River as scientists and veterinarians, waist-deep in the warm current, patiently work a mesh net around a pod of ...

PUERTO NARINO, Colombia -- A flash of pink breaks the muddy surface of the Amazon River as scientists and veterinarians, waist-deep in the warm current, patiently work a mesh net around a pod of river ...