In China, populations of the Yangtze finless porpoise have declined over the past 1,400 years. Detailed surveys of its range ...

The Yangtze basin provides about half of all the fish eaten in China, and two-thirds of the rice. Industries and farming there contribute as much as 40% of China's whole economy. This vast river – the ...

China has been grappling with its worst heat wave on record and the Yangtze, the third longest river in the world, is drying up. With rainfall below average since July, its water levels have ...

From the Colorado River to the Yangtze River in China, the world has seen a dramatic dry-up this year due to water divergence and extreme weather brought on by climate change. “Severe drought ...

(Several unconfirmed sightings have surfaced since then from fishermen and others.) The world’s only captive Yangtze river dolphin — a male called Qi Qi — lived at the Institute of Hydrobiology in ...

River ferries in Chongqing ... to suspend production. The Yangtze basin, covering parts of 19 provinces, produces 45% of China's economic output, according to the World Bank.

The Yangtze River is home to the largest hydroelectric facility in the world, the Three Gorges Dam ... The researchers utilized the poems not only to map the historical range of the porpoise ...

The report and the Living Yangtze Index – the only basin-level index in the world – will hopefully be replicated across the world, especially now that the second report has showcased the impact and ...

hoping to map its historical distribution and thus better understand threats to this fragile subspecies. Found exclusively in China’s Yangtze River, it is the world’s only freshwater porpoise.