Scientists studied more than 700 ancient Chinese poems that mention the Yangtze finless porpoise to determine its population ...

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

In the culture around the river’s banks, the porpoises were considered to be positive spirits, able to predict the weather and fish levels. To harm them was considered bad luck. “Protecting nature isn ...

Learn more about the Yangtze finless porpoise and how researchers used ancient poems to map out it's habitat decline.

The Yangtze porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis) used to be a common sighting in the Yangtze River. Boaters would watch their sleek silhouettes break the surface like ghosts from the deep. Today, ...

Offshore wind farms appear to be attractive refuges for harbour porpoises, a new study commissioned by the German offshore ...

which is the world's only known freshwater porpoise and used to inhabit most of the river. "Compared to fish, Yangtze finless porpoises are pretty big, and they're active on the surface of the ...

Poems from the Qing dynasty referenced the porpoises 477 times, whereas they appeared slightly less in earlier periods. Despite this, there was a clear pattern. Over time, a sharp decline in ...

Porpoise populations remain stable, offshore wind farms are used as habitat by the marine mammals.  The latest porpoise study ...

The animal was safely transported to MMoME’s rehab facility, where it will receive specialized care. MMoME, based in Bath and ...

A pregnant porpoise found stranded in Cornwall died after being caught up in commercial fishing nets, a post-mortem examination has found. James Barnett, veterinary investigator for Cornwall ...

As a top predator, the porpoise eats fish that feed on aquatic grasses. The rare mammal is also an ecosystem engineer by facilitating a process called nutrient cycling. By migrating long distances ...