For centuries, the Yangtze porpoise was a common sight on the river it is named after. Now, the freshwater mammal is ...

Published in Current Biology, their results show that the porpoise's range has decreased by at least 65% over the past 1,400 ...

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.

In the study, the team systematically dug through preserved poems dating back to the year 618 CE and found hundreds of ...

Analyzing ancient Chinese poetry allowed researchers to understand where humans went wrong in protecting the now critically ...

The imperial food served within the walls of the Forbidden City by the Qing Dynasty had an important effect on Chinese dietetic culture. Using the traditional diet of the Manchu ethnic group as ...

A rare Qing dynasty painting, titled "The Blue Goats," heads to auction at Sotheby's Hong Kong with a high estimate of $19 ...

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.

Historically, people—including many prolific poets such as Qianlong, the emperor of the Qing dynasty—relied on the river and its tributaries to travel around the region. Along the way ...