Doubling of fish biomass and rebounding of endangered species shows government measures starting to work, biologists say ...

Entanglement in fishing nets and habitat loss are the greatest threats to dolphins. River dolphin populations are severely fragmented due to the building of dams. Some subpopulations of dolphins are ...

An extraordinary effort to halt all commercial fishing for 10 years on the Yangtze River is restoring habitat and biodiversity.

Wang Ding, the hydrobiological researcher who has led the protection of the endangered Yangtze finless porpoise, stands near some of the captive mammals at the Institute of Hydrobiology under the ...

WUHAN, China (AP) — A dozen sleek grey Yangtze finless porpoises glide inside a vast pool at the Institute of Hydrobiology in Wuhan as scientists find ways to protect and breed the rare mammals in ...