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

Published today in Current Biology, a new study shows that the Yangtze finless porpoise has lost over 65% of its historic ...

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

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

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

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

Emperors Taizu and Taizong, with Prime Minister Zhao Pu and other ministers, playing Cuju, by Qian Xuan (ca.1300). Credit: Public domain / Wikimedia Commons For centuries in China, men and women ...

Historically, people -- including many prolific poets such as Qianlong, the emperor of the Qing ... across disciplines," says Mei. "Chinese poetry, this ancient art form, can be a serious ...

The Chinese zodiac features the Tiger, a symbol of bravery. It holds a significant place in Chinese culture. The Tiger ...

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