In the golden light of early morning, a research vessel glided across China's Yangtze River, while a mysterious device ...

In the golden light of early morning, a research vessel glided across China's Yangtze River, while a mysterious device ...

In China, populations of the Yangtze finless porpoise have declined over the past 1,400 years. Detailed surveys of its range ...

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BEIJING, May 15 (Xinhua) -- Chinese scientists have mapped the 1,400-year distribution history of the Yangtze finless porpoise through an innovative analysis of classic Chinese poetry.

Scientists studied more than 700 ancient Chinese poems that mention the Yangtze finless porpoise to determine its population history, according to a new study.

Yangtze finless porpoises only live in the middle-lower Yangtze River basin in eastern China. From the early 1980s until the 2010s, the population steeply declined an estimated 60%, according to a ...