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Scientists studied more than 700 ancient Chinese poems that mention the Yangtze finless porpoise to determine its population ...
For centuries, the Yangtze porpoise was a common sight on the river it is named after. Now, the freshwater mammal is ...
Ancient Chinese poems provided unexpected data on the Yangtze finless porpoise's habitat decline, showing a 65% range ...
Endemic to China's Yangtze River, the Yangtze finless porpoise is known for its intelligence and charismatic appearance; it looks like it has a perpetual smile on its face. To track how this ...
Published today in Current Biology, a new study shows that the Yangtze finless porpoise has lost over 65% of its historic ...
April is National Poetry Month. In Washington, it is also marked by a shedding of coats and a gorgeous display of cherry blossoms, magnolias and dogwood trees — nature, in full bloom.
During Tuesday’s Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee hearing, Sen. Peter Welch (D-VT) questioned Luke Lindberg, nominee to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Trade and ...
This week, let’s all learn one together! Meet your poem Rhythm and rhyme Made in N.Y.C. Greet the day Keep your poem By A.O. Scott and Aliza Aufrichtig If you’re joining us in memorizing Edna ...
US actor Richard Gere read a poem earlier this week by the emblematic Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish in a video posted on social media, in a show of solidarity with Palestinians suffering in the ...