Winding between Zhangjiajie's peaks, crystal clear mountain streams are home to what is perhaps China's strangest creature. This bizarre animal is a type of newt, the Chinese giant salamander. In China, it is known as the baby fish because when distr...
Geng's net is a strange tubular contraption with a closed-off end. More than a hundred fishermen make their living from the lake. Its mineral-rich waters are highly productive and there are nets everywhere. The next morning, Geng returns with his son...
If catching fish in the dark is impressive, imagine eating a slippery minnow with no hands while hanging upside down. Dawn, over the karst hills of Guilin. These remarkable hills owe their peculiar shapes to the mildly acid waters of the Li River, wh...
As well as the school, the cave houses eighteen families, together with their livestock. These could be the only cave-dwelling cows on earth. With schoolwork over, its playtime at last. In Southern China, caves arent just used for shelter; they can b...
Young infants have a vicelike grip, used to cling on to mom for dear life. As they get older, they get bolder and take more risks. Those that survive spend a lot of time traveling, yet experienced adults know exactly where to find seasonal foods in d...
The cave rivers course is channeled by the beds of limestone. A weakness in the rock can allow the river to increase its gradient to flow in, providing a real challenge for the cave explorers. The downward rushes halted when the water table is reache...
But their attitude changed when the head of the village fell ill. They blamed the birds and were all set to destroy their nests, but the local government stepped in to protect them. Bendy bamboo may not be the safest nesting place, but at least this...
The ideal date depends on what the weather will do this year, never easy to predict. But there is some surprising help at hand. On the ceiling of the Songs' living room, a pair of red-rumped swallows newly arrived from their winter migration is busy...
It has transformed the landscape. Late winter in southern Yunnan is a busy time for local farmers as they prepare the age-old paddy fields ready for the coming spring. These hill slopes of Yunyang county plunge nearly 2,000 meters to the floor of the...
The last hidden world---China. For centuries, travelers to China have told tales of magical landscapes and surprising creatures. Chinese civilization is the worlds oldest. And today, its largest, with well over a billion people. Its home to more than...
