It's all part of a recent emphasis that the Chinese government has had on recovering the river's ecosystem to former glories.

Though not completely dried up, dead fish were visible on the exposed flats of the Jialing, a long winding tributary that flows through three provinces before joining the Yangtze in Chongqing.

Despite concerns about avian influenza, or “bird flu,” in Asia, China appeals to cruisers who like to sample exotic cultures firsthand. That’s understandable. China is both cloake… ...

They called it the “Goddess of the Yangtze” – a creature so rare that it was believed to bring fortune and protection to local fishermen and all those lucky enough to spot it.

Ships sail on the Yangtze River near Badong, 100km (62 miles) from the Three Gorges dam in Hubei province August 7, 2012. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab.

The number of finless porpoises in the Yangtze river halved from 3,600 in the 1990s to 1,800 in 2006 and by 2012 there were 1,045 left. But the decline stopped around 2017 and in the five years ...

Construction on the Yangtze also fragmented the paddlefish's habitat. In 1970, China began building the Gezhouba Dam in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, slicing the population in two.

Nearly 4,000 miles long, the Yangtze has watered civilizations for millennia—and laid waste to them too. The eighth-century poet Li Bai wrote that navigating the river was "even harder than ...

This vast river – the biggest in Asia and third longest in the world – is also hugely important because of the variety of animals and plants living in or around it. But that wildlife has been ...

The Yangtze finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis) is the world's only freshwater porpoise, known for its cute “smiley” face and marvelous melon-shaped head.Native to ...

Impact of coal burning on Yangtze River is comparable to natural processes. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2021 / 05 / 210525160824.htm ...

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 ...