“Poems are actually ancient citizen science,” says study co-author Jiajia Liu, an ecologist at Fudan University in China, to McKenzie Prillaman at Science News. “These data are not perfect.

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 ...

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The ancient Chinese arts themed aircraft completed its first flight on May 7 departing from the Shanghai Hongqiao ...

according to a report from China Daily. The project was based on an ancient bamboo text called the "Shi Fang" manuscript. The text offers a wealth of information on ancient Chinese cooking ...

In an attempt to document the legacy of this legendary species and determine why its population levels have so drastically decreased, a new scientific analysis focuses entirely on the porpoise’s ...

A creature once revered in ancient Chinese folklore and immortalized in poetry for its playful spirit and perpetual smile is now swimming against extinction. The Yangtze finless porpoise—Asia ...

Two Chinese scientists believe their country ... In their investigation, the astronomers used image processing technology to convert ancient records into measurable celestial coordinates ...

To track how this critically endangered porpoise's habitat range has changed over time, a team of biodiversity and conservation experts compiled 724 ancient Chinese poems referencing the porpoise ...

The festival, meaning “clean” and “bright” in Chinese ... In ancient times, people would write down their illnesses and troubles on pieces of paper and attach them to a kite.

Liu Jinsong, Director-General of the Asian Affairs Department of the Chinese Foreign Ministry, on Sunday lodged solemn representations to Yokochi Akira, chief minister of the Embassy of Japan here ...