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 work highlights the connection between culture and science. “Poems are actually ancient citizen science,” says study co-author Jiajia Liu, an ecologist at Fudan University in China ...

So Liu and colleagues searched databases of ancient Chinese poems for references to the porpoise, sometimes called the “river pig” or other nicknames. After ruling out references based on ...

Unfortunately, the porpoise, which is native to China, is critically endangered due to habitat loss. Thanks to over 700 Ancient Chinese poems, experts can now accurately map the decline of the ...

Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. A team of scientists in China turned to an unusual source to track the population of the Yangtze River’s finless porpoises ...

For many years, scientists simply mapped these "gardens" to calculate the yield of the ancient islanders' crops. However, Davis and his team conducted different research using satellite imagery ...

It grew up to 3 meters long and weighed as much as a rhinoceros. This ancient animal lived in the cold deserts of what is now Russia, spending most of its time grazing to fuel its large size.