The small, nearly blind white dolphin, also known as the baiji, was nicknamed “the goddess of the Yangtze.” “It’s possible that we missed one or two animals [during the search], but we can say the baiji is functionally extinct,” August Pfluger, a Swiss economist-turned-naturalist who financed the expedition, said in a telephone interview from Wuhan, China. “If there are any baiji left in the river, they won’t have any chance of survival.” … Read the full story.