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Is the baiji extinct? Since 2006, there have been multiple alleged baiji sightings. The latest of these appears to date from 2016.. While it’d be wonderful to think that the baiji still persists ...
Creating genomes from DNA is hugely important for managing threatened species—understanding their past and how they have ...
Cetaceans, the infraorder of aquatic mammals consisting of whales, dolphins, and porpoises, are some of the most unique animals on earth, but they are also some of the most endangered.Cetaceans ...
The dolphins are considered endangered, with some populations having less than 100 individuals. bpbomb/Getty. In the Mekong River, for example, there are ...
More information: Joyce Sanks et al, Predicting ecology and hearing sensitivities in Parapontoporia—An extinct long‐snouted dolphin, The Anatomical Record (2024). DOI: 10.1002/ar.25538 ...
Endangered dolphin finds an unlikely savior: fisherfolk : Goats and Soda In Pakistan, illiterate fishermen have become citizen scientists, helping to revive the fortunes of the endangered Indus ...
An unlikely citizen scientist is helping to save an endangered dolphin that lives in Pakistan’s Indus River. He’s a fisherman who cannot read or write. Using his battered mobile, Sikander Ali ...
Senckenberg researcher Dr. Rachel Racicot and her former student Joyce Sanks from Vanderbilt University have examined the inner ear of the extinct dolphin genus Parapontoporia. In their study ...
MOHAMMAD ALAM MIRANI VILLAGE, Pakistan – An unlikely citizen scientist is helping to save an endangered dolphin that lives in Pakistan's Indus River. He's a fisherman who cannot read or write.