Researchers looked at poetry dating as far back as the Tang dynasty to find that the Yangtze finless porpoise’s range has ...

A unique Bronze Age cemetery in China has revealed a high frequency of injuries suggestive of intense, violent interactions.

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

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

The man in question was the ancient philosopher Laozi, who lived about 2,500 years ago, arriving this time in the form of a ...

Since 2009, Wang Jianxin, an archaeology professor at Northwest University in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, has been working in ...

From fine dining regal cosplay to weekends gathering wild vegetables and living like a ‘rat’, young mainlanders are taking ...

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

Mei says that the fact that a freshwater mammal like the Yangtze finless porpoise appears so often in these poems reflects the deep connection between people and nature in Ancient China.

The invisible string theory went viral on TikTok in 2023, but has been around for years. Here’s everything to know about the ...

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

A study of 724 ancient poems has revealed how far the Yangtze finless porpoise once roamed within the mighty river, allowing ...