Without targeted interventions, the degradation of wetland habitats could have far-reaching consequences for biodiversity and ecosystem services in the Yangtze River Basin." The study's findings ...

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 ...

Monitoring natural ecosystem health ... built a large number of long-term experiments in wetlands across the Yangtze River Delta and the Yellow River Delta. Apart from the State Key Laboratory ...

A third of all the inhabitants of China (which means more than 400 million people) live in the area covered by the Yangtze’s river basin. The Yangtze basin provides about half of all the fish eaten in ...

Changes in water flow can also threaten aquatic ecosystems and the livelihoods ... the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River in central China. The Yarlung Tsangpo originates in Tibet and flows ...

One of Asia's busiest waterways needs help to restore smooth sailing and boost regional economies, experts say China's ...

[Photo/Xinhua] BEIJING -- China's top political advisor Wang Huning on Wednesday urged solid efforts to strengthen democratic oversight over the eco-environmental conservation of the Yangtze River.

A rare river dolphin may be one step closer to extinction as scientists fail to count any of the endangered species along China’s Yangtze River.

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 ...

Without targeted interventions, the degradation of wetland habitats could have far-reaching consequences for biodiversity and ecosystem services in the Yangtze River Basin." The study's findings ...