A new survey finds India's rivers host around 6,327 river dolphins - 6,324 Gangetic and just three Indus dolphins. A majority ...

Instead, they swim sideways, spend much of their time ... India's national aquatic animal - that's found largely in the Ganges-Brahmaputra river system in the northern part of the country.

The Ganges river in India is more than 2,500km long and has the most populated river basin in the world. Hundreds of millions of people and a huge range of wildlife rely on the river Ganges. But ...

"Why do you swim in the river ... For more than two millennia, the River Ganges has been revered by millions as a symbol of spiritual purity. Originating in the frozen heights of the Himalayas ...

This side-swimming behaviour is not seen in any other species of cetacean. Superficially, the South Asian river dolphins do not look like other dolphins. They have very wide flippers for stabilization ...

Just imagine you are swimming in the Ganges River, enjoying the cold sacred water that washes away your worries and cleanses your soul. But suddenly, your feet touch something mobile inside the water.

Instead, they swim sideways, spend much of their time ... India's national aquatic animal - that's found largely in the Ganges-Brahmaputra river system in the northern part of the country.

The Ganges Water Sharing Treaty, signed in 1996 between India and Bangladesh, is a 30-year agreement that outlines water sharing during the dry season (January–May) at Farakka. Responding to a ...