Dolphins are important indicators of the health of the rivers they live in, according to the World Wildlife Fund. About 60 million people depend on the Mekong River, according to the organization ...

A two-day workshop is underway in Kratie province, home to the Kingdom’s largest population of Irrawaddy dolphins.

The giant freshwater stingray (urogymnus polylepis) was classified as globally endangered on the IUCN Red List in 2021. An ...

The record-setting stingray was eventually tagged and released back into the river on June 14, 2022 (below). Today, it is a potent symbol of the wildlife that could be lost forever if the Mekong ...

The proposed Funan Techo Canal is set to connect the country's coast to the Mekong River via a system of lock gates. In a new report, the World Wildlife Fund claims that dam developments ...

This phase will urgently take up the issue of water infrastructure that is posing an immediate threat to river dolphin populations. This is especially critical in the case of the Irrawaddy dolphin ...

according to the nonprofit World Wildlife Fund. Flooding during the wet season makes the Mekong Delta one of the world's most productive farm regions. The river already has been disrupted by dams ...

They transport sediment, shape landscapes and sustain wildlife. But our team's research on the Lower Mekong river reveals that sand mining is depleting sediment stocks at an alarming pace ...

KRATIE: Cambodian Minister of Information Neth Pheaktra on Sunday (March 9) called for concerted efforts to protect and preserve critically endangered Mekong River Irrawaddy dolphins. "We urge ...

Sue Perkins embarks on a life-changing, 3,000-mile journey up the Mekong, South East Asia's greatest river, exploring lives and landscapes on the point of dramatic change.