The species was listed as "critically endangered" in China's Red List of Biodiversity in 2023, Liang said. Following the ...

During the campaign, dubbed "Safe Yangtze River 2024," more than 2,100 criminal cases of illegal fishing have been detected ...

BEIJING, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Chinese scientists have successfully assembled the chromosomal-level genome of the critically endangered Ochetobius elongatus, a rare fish species from the Yangtze River.

Officials said that the government’s plans to protect the Yangtze River caused these improvements. The policies were centred around a 10-year fishing ban that started in 2020. Before these ...

BEIJING, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- Chinese police have solved more than 5,200 criminal cases and dismantled over 710 criminal gangs as part of a nationwide campaign to protect the Yangtze River, the ...

The largest river in China and the third largest river in the world, the 6,300-kilometer-long Yangtze River plays an important role in China. The Yangtze River basin – with its fertile soil ...

The Yangtze river’s finless porpoise is one of the very few porpoises (relatives of dolphins and whales) that live in fresh water. Its small size and cute 'smile' make it much loved in China and ...

Here’s how big the Yangtze is. 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 ...

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.