The particles are less than five millimetres in size, with the smallest invisible to the naked eye. Read more at straitstimes ...

Central inspection report says pollution and illegal activity causing serious damage to the two lakes connecting to the Yangtze, Asia's longest river Departments concerned admonished for not fully ...

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 ...

while escalating water pollution and pressures on biodiversity. Although the Yangtze River basin’s average annual precipitation has changed relatively little in the past two decades, shifts in ...

Thanks to sustained conservation efforts, sightings of finless porpoises along the Yangtze river have grown increasingly ...

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 ...

Heavy shipping traffic, overfishing, and water pollution have also plagued Yangtze River waters and taken a heavy toll on these aquatic behemoths. The species is highly sensitive to increased ...

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 ...