The critically endangered Yangtze finless porpoise faces an uncertain future. Learn what is being done to help ensure the long-term survival of this incredible freshwater mammal.

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

China has torn down 300 dams and decommissioned 342 hydropower stations along the Red River, a major Yangtze tributary ...

Home to several rare species and the world’s largest hydroelectric power station, protecting human life and biodiversity on the Yangtze river is a difficult balancing act ...

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 ...

ABSTRACT: The Yangtze River is the world’s 6th largest river, based on discharge volume. From its source on the Plateau of Tibet to its mouth on the East China Sea, the river traverses or serves as ...

The Yangtze River produces more ocean plastic pollution, by far, than any other river in the world. Pollution levels have risen in the Yangtze and tributary rivers and lakes, soil erosion in the ...

To help China address these challenges, the World Bank approved a $150 million loan in 2019 for the Forest Ecosystem Improvement in the Upper Reaches of Yangtze River Basin Program. Implemented in ...

To help China address these challenges, the World Bank approved a $150 million loan in 2019 for the Forest Ecosystem Improvement in the Upper Reaches of Yangtze River Basin Program. Implemented in ...

‘Puppy Mountain’: A cliff that looks like a puppy resting beside the Yangtze River delights in China “The puppy’s posture is like it’s drinking water, or it’s looking at some fish.

This marks the first time a dual-mode intelligent shield machine has been used to construct a rail transit underwater tunnel in the upper Yangtze River. Additionally, the project adopted an innovative ...