Researchers found 234 new species in Southeast Asia's Greater Mekong region in 2023, including a vampire hedgehog and a dragon lizard that "could play in 'Game of Thrones'," according to a report ...

Its balance of river and sea is already shifting ... VietnamAt a rice-processing plant in the Mekong Delta (left), Vietnamese women joke with one another during a break from filling bags with ...

“Why does this matter? Higher river levels in the dry season means millions of people cannot plant riverside farms – they will lose what's already planted,” he said. The Lower Mekong region in ...

after the completion of the hydropower plant. For different reasons, both projects remain beyond the purview of the Mekong River Commission (MRC), an inter-governmental organisation through which ...

As babies, they feed on zooplankton in the river and are known to be cannibalistic. After about a year, they become herbivores, and eat plants and algae. The Mekong giant catfish has one of the ...

According to the Mekong River Commission, the river boasts about 20,000 plant species and 1,148 fish species, and supplies nearly 2.3 million tonnes of fish annually. Universiti Malaya’s Adjunct ...