Learn more about the Yangtze finless porpoise and how researchers used ancient poems to map out it's habitat decline.

Endemic to China’s Yangtze River, the Yangtze finless porpoise is known for its intelligence and charismatic appearance; it ...

If we’re being honest here, a true starter pack of modern American poetry would look something like this: “Goodnight Moon,” “Where the Sidewalk Ends,” “Chicka Chicka Boom Boom.” For many of us poetry ...

Experts compiled 724 ancient Chinese poems referencing the porpoise from historic collections across China. The post Ancient ...

The porpoise is critically endangered. Ancient Chinese poems reveal the animal’s range has dropped about 65 percent over the past 1,400 years.