The Baiji Yangtze Dolphin is with all probability extinct reports a scientific expedition from the Institute for Hydrobiology Wuhan, China, and the Swiss-based baiji.org Foundation.

When the Baiji Dolphin was declared "functionally extinct" in 2006, it was a once-in-25-million-year event. Never before had a whole species of dolphin been wiped off the planet because of human ...

In December 2006 the Yangtze river dolphin, called the baiji, succumbed to pollution, propeller blades, dams, and overfishing; it became the first cetacean to be declared "functionally" extinct ...

The fourth Asian species is the Ganges dolphin. Now numbering less than 2000 animals, it also faces a huge struggle to survive in one of the most polluted and populated rivers in the world. “Ten years ...

We hope the extinction of the baiji, or Yangtze river dolphin, around 2006 will serve as an alarm to prevent the extinction of this small and unique dolphin population off Taiwan.

The artists were asked to focus on a range of 12 species that are now extinct, including the Baiji Dolphin, the Pyrenean Ibex, the West African Black Rhino and the Caspian Tiger. The artists’ methods ...