This phase will urgently take up the issue of water infrastructure that is posing an immediate threat to river dolphin populations. This is especially critical in the case of the Irrawaddy dolphin ...

In Cambodia the Irrawaddy dolphin is regarded as a sacred animal, and folk stories tell of its origin as a woman who, fearing disgrace, threw herself into the river, only to return as a dolphin. In ...

Another, the Ganges River dolphin, is critically endangered. Some of the threats affecting the Irrawaddy are man-made. The construction of dams has reduced the flow of fresh water in many parts of ...

We reach the area of the river where Lwin says the dolphins congregate. Classified as critically endangered, only about 70 Irrawaddy dolphins are left in the river that gives them their name.

The Irrawaddy dolphins in the Mekong River face a critical risk of extinction, remaining only in a 120-km range between Stung Treng and Kratie provinces in northeast Cambodia, the press release said.

The endangered Irrawaddy dolphin, native to Southeast Asia's Mekong River, is making a comeback in Cambodia thanks to conservation efforts. Nature World News reported that there are around 105 of ...

"It is the sixth dolphin calf born in 2025." The Mekong River Irrawaddy dolphins have been listed since 2004 as critically endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red ...

Local Burmese fisher Maung Lay shows how his family has traditionally teamed up with rare river dolphins and explains why their partnership is now at risk. (Video by Demelza Stokes and Mark ...

GEORGE TOWN: The carcass of an Irrawaddy dolphin, was found washed ashore on Friday (April 11) night on Teluk Bahang beach. It was partially decomposed and may have spent some time floating at sea ...

GEORGE TOWN: The carcass of an Irrawaddy dolphin was found on Teluk Bahang beach here. Found Friday night, the partially decomposed, tailless carcass suggested a long, fatal journey for the ...

“The Mekong Irrawaddy dolphin population remains critically endangered ... recording dolphin sightings and visiting riverside communities to inspire action for river dolphins. The initiative raised ...