This story appears in the March 2013 issue of National Geographic magazine. There is excellent cell phone coverage at the bottom of the Yangtze River ... jarring updates: “Flood has come ...

They’ve lived in China’s Yangtze River for perhaps 140 million years ... The Chinese sturgeon is called a “national treasure” in China, and its meat is considered a delicacy among Chinese ...

Buck dubbed it "the wildest, wickedest river" for its murderous floods. So much of China's past lies on the Yangtze ... off-again national capital across 17 turbulent centuries and home to ...

Chinese authorities issued more flood warnings for China’s Yangtze River on Friday, as heavy rains were forecast in provinces in the country’s south. At least 141 people have died or are ...

SHANGHAI--Water levels at China’s giant Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze river are inching closer to ... double the seasonal average this year. The floods had caused nearly 180 billion yuan ...