Scientists studied more than 700 ancient Chinese poems that mention the Yangtze finless porpoise to determine its population history, according to a new study.

Ancient poems tell the story of charismatic river porpoise's decline over the past 1,400 years Date: May 5, 2025 Source: Cell Press Summary: Endemic to China's Yangtze River, the Yangtze finless ...

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 ...

Ancient Chinese Poems Reveal the Decline of a Critically Endangered Porpoise Over 1,400 Years Researchers looked at poetry dating as far back as the Tang dynasty to find that the Yangtze finless ...

Chinese scientists trace the Yangtze finless porpoise's history in Asia’s longest river–for conservation.

As ancient China's foremost moral guide, Confucius was referring to a specific collection of poems: the Shi Jing (literally Classics of Poetry, more commonly translated as the Book of Songs), the ...

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

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Scientists studied more than 700 ancient Chinese poems that mention the Yangtze finless porpoise to determine its population history, according to a new study.