Farewell to the Yangtze Dolphin

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Farewell to the Yangtze Dolphin

The search for China’s rarest dolphin has had an unhappy ending with scientists fearing it is lost forever.

It lived in the Yangtze river for millions of years and was revered by the Chinese as the “goddess” of the mighty river. But now scientists believe that the baiji, a white, freshwater dolphin, is extinct.

A painstaking six-week hunt on the Yangtze for any Read the rest of this entry »

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