A team has created the most complete map of the world's rivers ever made offering a major leap forward for flood prediction, climate risk planning, and water resource management in a warming world.

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 ...

“We’re connecting 2,000 years of Chinese culture with biodiversity,” says Mei, who grew up along the Yangtze River listening to village elders speak of the porpoises as weather-predicting ...

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

Graduation day is always special, but one moment truly stands out for an LSU graduate who got to walk across the stage today with her furry companion.

Voters from Peace River and across Canada cast their ballots in the federal ... and at 8:30 p.m. Postmedia’s decision desk projected a Liberal win. The maps and other graphics below show results as ...

A heartwarming scene in Sichuan, China, in mid-April: low water levels had left many fish stranded among rocks along the Yangtze River – but a kind-hearted woman quickly came to the rescue.