Indus River dolphins are distinguished by their elongated noses and small, nearly vestigial eyes. Once thriving in the lower parts of the Indus and its tributaries, their numbers have dwindled due to ...
There are only three Indus river dolphins left in India now, according to the country’s first comprehensive survey of the ...
The Indus River holds immense importance in India — not just as a vital source of water, but also as a river of great spiritual and cultural significance in Hinduism. The very term 'Hindu' is believed ...
ON THE INDUS RIVER, Pakistan – Pakistanis call the Indus the Father of the Rivers, the Blue Water, the Lion River. Ancient civilizations thrived around it. Shrines to Sufi and Hindu saints dot its ...
The endangered Indus River dolphin, a freshwater cetacean that navigates murky waters using echolocation, is facing fresh threats as tensions rise between India and ...
The Indus River in Pakistan is being extensively disturbed by unregulated mining of the river’s bed (‘placer mining’) for gold. Numerous operations employing an estimated 1,200 heavy machines dig ...
A joint team of WWF-Pakistan and the Sindh Wildlife Department recently rescued two stray Indus River dolphin calves caught in a canal in eastern Pakistan Sukkur, Pakistan: A joint team of ...
On April 22, 2025, armed militants emerged from the woods into a scenic meadow outside the mountain town of Pahalgam in India and opened fire on unsuspecting tourists, killing at least 26 people and ...