The Jharkhand forest department is preparing a fresh proposal for the state government to designate a stretch of the Ganga in Sahibganj district as a dolphin sanctuary, aiming to protect the national ...

Since the 2023 survey, their number grew by two—a calf and an adult dolphin. Out of the 52 dolphins, 47 are adults and five ...

Varanasi: For conservation of Gangetic dolphins, forest department has appointed 11 ‘Dolphin Friends' in Varanasi and Ghazipur districts, six in the former and five in the latter. Their main ...

Anita Agarwal of Heritage Foundation says that the Gangetic dolphin was declared India's national aquatic animal in 2009, under the Wildlife Protection Act, akin to tigers. Experts note that the ...