Scientists make concerning discovery while studying extraordinarily rare pink dolphins: 'An invisible enemy'

The Colombian conservation group Omacha Foundation has been capturing and testing endangered pink river dolphins for years.
Houston Chronicle

Pink dolphins, Independence Day celebrations and more top photos this week from Latin America

A member of a government-organized militia adjusted his helmet during military training in Valencia, Venezuela. Children bathed in a makeshift shelter for people displaced by gang violence in ...
Daily Press

Endangered pink river dolphins face a rising mercury threat in the Amazon

PUERTO NARINO, Colombia (AP) — A flash of pink breaks the muddy surface of the Amazon River as scientists and veterinarians, waist-deep in the warm current, patiently work a mesh net around a pod of ...
Associated Press

AP documents mercury’s long trail of damage from Mexico to the Amazon

From a network of caves dug into the Mexican mountains, the pink dolphins swimming in the Amazon are more than 2,500 miles away, and The Associated Press showed how toxic mercury is flowing from one ...