Dolphins

Dolphins

The file photo shows a local preparing to bury the 46th freshwater dolphin, which died on 25 August this year in the Halda River, Chattogram. Once regarded as one of the safest habitats for the endangered Ganges River dolphin, the river has seen a rising death toll over the last 8 years. Photo: TBS

What is taking a toll on Halda’s dwindling freshwater dolphins?

46 dolphins died in Halda River over past eight years

Screengrab from video shows fishermen attempting to guide the two trapped dolphins towards the sea at Nijhum Dwip in Noakhali's Hatiya on Friday, 30 May 2025

Dolphins get trapped amid high tidal waves at Nijhum Dwip, leaves with another high tide

Researcher Miriam Marmontel, from Mamiraua Institute for Sustainable Development, inspects a dead baby dolphin on Lake Tefe during the worst drought on record that has lowered the water level of the rivers and lakes in the Amazon basin to historic lows, in Tefe, Amazonas state, Brazil September 18, 2024. REUTERS/Leonardo Benassatto

Dolphins dying again in Amazon lake made shallow by drought

Elisabeth moved to Bangladesh in 2002, and joined The Guide Tours Ltd as a nature guide. She later became a conservationist. Photo: Rajib Dhar

Of dolphins and sharks: The marine conservationist who made Bangladesh her home

An Irrawaddy Dolphin breaches the water near Monpura, Hatiya. Though called a ‘river dolphin’, it is actually an oceanic dolphin that lives in brackish water near coasts, river mouths, and estuaries. PHOTO: MUNTASIR AKASH

Securing a safe future for the river dolphins of Bangladesh

One of the turtles which washed ashore in Cox's Bazar. Photo: TBS

11 dead mother turtles, dolphin wash ashore in Cox's Bazar

A Tucuxi dolphin is pictured at the Mamiraua Sustainable Development Reserve in Uarini, Amazonas state, Brazil January 19, 2020. Picture taken January 19, 2020. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly/File photo

Mass death of Amazon river dolphins linked to severe drought, heat

Photo: Collected

Rare pink dolphins seen swimming in Louisiana channel

Two dead dolphins found on Cox's Bazar beach

Two dead dolphins found on Cox's Bazar beach

Amazing facts about Dolphins

Amazing facts about Dolphins

Photo: TBS

Bangladesh decodes genomes of freshwater dolphin, Ruhi, and Kalbaus

Freshwater dolphins, which are unique species found mainly in rivers of Asia and South America, are an endangered group Representational Photo: Collected

Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Myanmar to cooperate for the conservation of dolphins

Photo of a freshwater dolphin known as 'Shushuk' or 'Gangetic dolphin'. Photo:BSS

Dolphin number rising in Sundarbans sanctuaries