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

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 ...

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 ...

Poems can evoke laughter, tears, and thoughtful reflection. Recent research has shown their therapeutic effects: how they can reduce stress, relieve grief, and increase well-being.

April 11, 2025 • For author Lauren K. Watel, “potions” are part poem and part fiction. There are 75 prose-like vignettes with the density and intensity of poems in her "Book of Potions." ...

This story was written by Anu Subramanian Senthilkannan, 12, of Island School as an entry in the Young Post Summer Short Story competition 2020. This annual contest gathers aspiring writers from ...

Julia Caroline Knowlton, “Life of the Mind” (2023) ”Life of the Mind,” Julia Caroline Knowlton’s third full-length collection, features short ... collection of prose poems following ...

Author of nine previous books of poetry plus a lyrical memoir ... In this piece of lyrical prose, Shumaker recounts, “As a small child, I scooted close beside her in the car as she drove ...

On any given week, you might hear an excerpt from the final draft of a tale of demonic possession and ghostly hauntings, a poem about the tragic end of one of Old MacDonald’s cows, an eclectic tale of ...