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BEIJING, May 15 (Xinhua) -- Chinese scientists have mapped the 1,400-year distribution history of the Yangtze finless porpoise through an innovative analysis of classic Chinese poetry.

Chinese scientists have mapped the 1,400-year distribution history of the Yangtze finless porpoise through an innovative ...

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

For centuries, the Yangtze porpoise was a common sight on the river it is named after. Now, the freshwater mammal is ...

Ancient Chinese poems provided unexpected data on the Yangtze finless porpoise's habitat decline, showing a 65% range ...

Ancient Chinese poems provided insights into the decline of the critically endangered Yangtze River's finless porpoise. A ...

In a creative fusion of science and literature, researchers trace the past range and decline of a rare Chinese porpoise ...

Researchers looked at poetry dating as far back as the Tang dynasty to find that the Yangtze finless porpoise’s range has ...

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

Endemic to China's Yangtze River, the Yangtze finless porpoise is known for its intelligence and charismatic appearance; it looks like it has a perpetual smile on its face. To track how this ...

Analyzing ancient Chinese poetry allowed researchers to understand where humans went wrong in protecting the now critically ...