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

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

Mentions of the critically endangered Yangtze finless porpoise in ancient Chinese poetry have revealed missing information ...

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

The team contextualized the porpoise references in the poems and compared them with historical records of the poet’s life events. This helped them pinpoint the chronological time and geographic ...

“The Desert,” from Brandon Shimoda’s new collection, “Hydra Medusa,” is emblematic of the complex lyric-historical ... about the context and composition of this poem, and his answer ...