An orphaned Irrawaddy dolphin rests in the arms of its caretaker at the Marine Endangered Species Veterinary Hospital in Rayong, Thailand. Photograph By Sirachai Arunrugstichai/Getty On Myanmar’s ...
BEIJING — A rare, nearly blind white dolphin that survived for millions of years is "functionally extinct," an international expedition declared Wednesday after ending a fruitless six-week search of ...
WUHAN, China (AP) — A dozen sleek grey Yangtze finless porpoises glide inside a vast pool at the Institute of Hydrobiology in Wuhan as scientists find ways to protect and breed the rare mammals in ...
(CNN) — A research team in China got creative in its efforts to save a critically endangered species by turning to ancient poems. The scientists pored over more than 700 ancient Chinese poems from the ...
A close-up of a "smiling" Yangtze finless porpoise at the Baiji Dolphinarium of the Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Endemic to China’s Yangtze River, the Yangtze finless ...
For centuries, the Yangtze porpoise was a common sight on the river it is named after. Now, the freshwater mammal is critically endangered, rarely sighted, and only found in a tiny proportion of the ...
The goddess of the Yangtze -- The Amazon of the East -- The aquatic panda -- East meets West -- The rarest animal in the world -- The politics of extinction -- End game -- The hunting of the snark -- ...
Provincial governors and key ministers from China’s water, environment, forest, and agriculture sectors in the Yangtze River basin met to develop a common strategy and action plan for protecting the ...
On Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady River, fishers tap the side of their boats and wait. If they’re lucky, a gray dolphin with a rounded head and smirk appears. These are Irrawaddy dolphins—social, intelligent ...
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