Researchers released two captive-born porpoises in a river in China, monitored them and confirmed the first-of-its-kind project was a success. Photo from Xinhua / Wu Zhizu via The State Council ...

Researchers released two captive-born porpoises in a river in China, monitored them and confirmed the first-of-its-kind project was a success. Photo from Xinhua / Wu Zhizu via The State Council ...

A team of conservation and wildlife specialists affiliated with several institutions in China has successfully released two Yangtze finless porpoises back into the wild after moving them to a ...

Rescuing a porpoise was a first for Mr McKibbin, who said: "It's usually people we save on the beach". "Hopefully, it'll go out and find the rest of its pod and live happily ever after." ...

It’s named after one of the dolphin’s closest relatives, the porpoise. It’s also used occasionally by orcas and seals. Penguins porpoise when they’re fleeing from a predator. They also accelerate and ...

Around 10% more porpoise sightings were recorded within the wind farms under study than in the vicinity of offshore wind farms – measured up to 2.5km outside the arrays. The researchers attribute this ...

Scientists studied more than 700 ancient Chinese poems that mention the Yangtze finless porpoise to determine its population history, according to a new study.

A Yangtze finless porpoise appears to "smile" at the Baiji Dolphinarium at the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Wang Chaoqun Over the last 1,400 years, populations of the Yangtze finless porpoise have ...

A team of scientists in China turned to an unusual source to track the population of the Yangtze River’s finless porpoises: ancient poems. The writings samples written over the past 1,400 years ...

Sightings of the Yangtze finless porpoise inferred from five poems written during the Tang Dynasty, combined with more recent data, represent the animal’s range during that time. Zhang et al ...

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.