BEIJING (Reuters) - A rare freshwater dolphin unique to China's Yangtze River is almost certainly extinct, a Swiss conservationist said after failing to spot a single animal on an expedition which ...
BEIJING — A rare, nearly blind white dolphin that survived for millions of years is "functionally extinct," an international expedition declared Wednesday after ending a fruitless six-week search of ...
Biodiversity loss is a fracture to the ecosystem that rarely mends. But a recent study has emerged as a ray of light amidst darkness, providing researchers with hope for recovery. The Yangtze River is ...
The goddess of the Yangtze -- The Amazon of the East -- The aquatic panda -- East meets West -- The rarest animal in the world -- The politics of extinction -- End game -- The hunting of the snark -- ...
Preface -- What is a marine mammal? -- Main groups of marine mammals -- Modern taxonomy of marine mammals -- How to look for marine mammals -- Natural history of marine mammals -- Conservation -- How ...