The reported sighting of a Yangtze River dolphin, or Baiji like the one shown here, means there is still a chance for people to take further action and protect the cetaceans in the Yangtze from ...
Regarded in China as the "goddess of the Yangtze", the 20 million year old river dolphin was one of the world's oldest species. The Baiji is the first large mammal brought to extinction as a ...
Now experts are focusing their efforts on another species in the Yangtze River – the finless porpoise - a close relative of the Baiji. They’re working on mobilizing enough help and resources to make ...
the Baiji or Yangtze River dolphin. The Baiji, its close relative became extinct in 2006. The finless porpoise is now grappling with survival. The smiling mammals will face the same fate as the ...
River dolphins have no predators, except for humans. In December 2006 the Yangtze river dolphin, called the baiji, succumbed to pollution, propeller blades, dams, and overfishing; it became the ...
A third of all the inhabitants of China (which means more than 400 million people) live in the area covered by the Yangtze’s river basin. The Yangtze basin provides about half of all the fish eaten in ...
But we need to prevent it going the same way as the functionally extinct Yangtze river dolphin, also known as the Baiji. After years of rapid decline, the latest census shows that the population of ...
A rare river dolphin may be one step closer to extinction as scientists fail to count any of the endangered species along China’s Yangtze River.
This groundbreaking project uses Lenovo’s proprietary spatial computing with AI-generated content (AIGC) technology to digitally resurrect three iconic specimens from the museum: the Yangtze River ...
Baiji dolphins, native to China's Yangtze River, are among the rarest aquatic mammals, with fewer than 100 individuals remaining in the wild. Captured by fishermen in 1980, Qiqi spent nearly 23 ...