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

Researchers in South Korea used environmental DNA from water samples to successfully track finless porpoises and dolphins ...

Scientists studied more than 700 ancient Chinese poems that mention the Yangtze finless porpoise to determine its population ...

Credit: Wang Qi Harming the porpoise was bad luck The Yangtze finless porpoise holds an important place in Chinese folklore. Mei remembers the elders in his community speaking of them as spirits ...

Ancient Chinese poems provided insights into the decline of the critically endangered Yangtze River's finless porpoise. A team of scientists analyzed over 700 poems dating back to 618 CE to trace ...

The Yangtze finless porpoise—Asia’s only freshwater porpoise—has lost over 65% of its habitat range in the past 1,400 years, with most of that decline occurring in just the last century ...

A Yangtze finless porpoise appears to "smile" at the Baiji Dolphinarium at the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Wang Chaoqun Over the last 1,400 years, populations of the Yangtze finless porpoise ...

Since poets and tradespeople alike relied on the river and its tributaries for travel, many caught glimpses of the Yangtze finless porpoise. The porpoise is the only known freshwater porpoise in ...

The Yangtze finless porpoise is both charming and intelligent. It even appears to have a permanent smile on its face. Unfortunately, the porpoise, which is native to China, is critically endangered ...

The Yangtze finless porpoise and the baiji are highly deceitful, splashing waves and leaping through the sail’s shadow. (江豚白𩷱欺人甚，喷浪跳波帆影间). Zao Chen (陈造), Song ...

Mentions of the critically endangered Yangtze finless porpoise in ancient Chinese poetry have revealed missing information about the habitat of the world’s only freshwater porpoise Almost 300 ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Analysis of 724 ancient Chinese poems indicates the Yangtze finless porpoise's habitat range has declined by at least 65% over the past 1,400 years, with the ...