Emergency work is under way to close a dyke breach caused by flooding at China’s second-biggest freshwater lake, with Beijing pledging millions in relief for provinces hit by weeks of torrential rain, ...

Photo taken on Dec. 3, 2019 shows migrant birds resting at Hengling Lake Provincial Nature Reserve, a part of Dongting Lake wetland, in Xiangyin County, central China's Hunan province. (Xinhua/Chen ...

The dam at Dongting Lake lies just 200 meters from Chen Wei’s village home. As soon as he heard about the breach on July 5, he rushed over to find water sprouting from a small hole, like a mountain ...

In Yueyang, Hunan, spring tides rise over the mudflats of East Dongting Lake. Drones skim the water, and on film gray‑black shapes surge through the waves — the “smiling angels,” finless porpoises, ...

Dongting Lake is the second-largest freshwater lake in China and one of the major water bodies along the Yangtze River, China's longest.[Photo/VCG] A rising number of migratory birds have been seen ...

Aerial photo taken on July 10, 2018 shows the Dongting Lake station for wetland ecosystem research in Dongting Lake area, central China's Hunan Province. Collecting soil in spring, testing lake water ...

This year's Dongting Lake Bird Observing Festival will be held at Dongting Lake, Hunan province, starting on Dec 9, via the internet, providing a visual feast for bird enthusiasts. Co-hosted by the ...

A heron flies at the West Dongting Lake in Changde, central China's Hunan Province, Nov. 11, 2020. The West Dongting Lake, along with its biologically rich wetlands, has been a thoroughfare for ...

Environmental degradation is threatening China’s Yangtze River and its two largest freshwater lakes, a regulator’s report has warned. In a report issued earlier this month, the Central Supervision ...

Drainage of 210-million-cubic-meter standing water in the flooded Tuanzhou dike region due to spillover from the rain effected Dongting Lake in Central China’s Hunan Province fully started on Tuesday ...