Dolphins dying in Amazon lake made shallow by drought

Researcher Miriam Marmontel, from Mamiraua Institute for Sustainable Development, inspects a dead baby dolphin on Lake Tefe during the worst drought on record in Tefe, Amazonas state, Brazil Sept. 18, 2024. A dead dolphin washes up on Lake Tefe during the worst drought on record that has lowered the water level of the rivers and lakes in the Amazon basin to historic lows, in Tefe, Amazonas state, Brazil, Sept. 18, 2024.

The carcass of a baby dolphin lay on the sand bank left exposed by the receding waters in an Amazon lake that has been drying up during the worst drought on record.