The Yangtze river’s finless porpoise is one of the very few porpoises (relatives ... that the Baiji faced – including loss of food sources and boat collisions. Porpoises play an important role in ...

the 6,300-kilometer-long Yangtze River plays an important role in China. The Yangtze River basin – with its fertile soil, highly developed agriculture and abundant mineral deposits – is ...

Native to China’s Yangtze River, the Chinese paddlefish was thought by many to be the world’s largest freshwater fish, with reports of individuals reaching a mind-boggling 23 feet in length ...

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 ...

Every year, these prehistoric fish journey some 2,000 miles from the East China Sea to their spawning grounds in the Yangtze River. Or, at least they used to. In recent years, this ancient ...

The Yangtze is China’s longest river, and it is an important home for fish and other animals. A government report says the river’s health is improving. But there is still a long way to go to ...