A new study observed Amazon river dolphins for 218.9 hours and saw males spurt urine into the air 36 times—proof that the behavior is more common than we thought.

After around 219 hours of observations, they can confirm that male Amazon river dolphins (Inia geoffrensis), also known as botos, often roll onto their backs and urinate over three feet into the air.

But their evidence wasn’t collected from the water—it could be seen from shore. After around 219 hours of observations, they can confirm that male Amazon river dolphins (Inia geoffrensis), also known ...

Wholphin, a cross between a whale and a dolphin. Image by Mark Interrante from Silicon Valley, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons. The Ganges River dolphin, scientifically named Platanista ...

The Ganga River basin has an estimated population of 3,936 Gangetic dolphins (with a standard error of 763), an endangered species, while 2,510 dolphins were sighted ...

Male Amazon river dolphins have been documented rolling upside down and firing a stream of urine into the air. As if that isn’t bizarre enough, other males will usually seek out the urine as it ...

ISLAMABAD – The endangered Indus River dolphin is more than a victim of environmental destruction — it’s a symbol of the profound ecological crisis that threatens us all. “Bhulan toh humari saheliyan ...

Women along the banks of the Indus River, washing their utensils. “When we talk about the blind Indus dolphins, people often ask, ‘Why them? There are so many people in Pakistan who need help ...

Marine mammal medics and vets helped recover the dolphin after it got trapped in a deep pool in a river bend A stranded dolphin has been rescued from a Cornish river after swimming about six miles ...

IS CONCERN ON THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON FOLLOWING THE DEATHS OF THREE DOLPHINS. SCIENTISTS SAY TESTS SHOW THEY DIED AFTER CONTRACTING BIRD FLU. WESH 2’S MICHELLE MEREDITH TALKED WITH THE ...