Patrols involving China, Thailand, Laos, and Myanmar embraced style over substance. It’s an instructive example for China’s ...

The Mekong River has risen to 10.70 metres in this northeastern province, just 1.3 metres below the critical overflow threshold of 12 metres, prompting urgent flood-prevention measures by local ...

A huge fish in the Mekong River thought to be extinct has been spotted three times in recent years. “The giant salmon carp is like a symbol of the Mekong region,” said Chheana Chhut, a ...

The threatened fish of the Mekong River are inching closer extinction, according to a new report that cites piling pressures on the waterway. Though the situation is serious, conservationists say ...

Southeast Asia's famed Mekong River is under threat. Chinese dams upriver and climate change are partly to blame, but dams downriver are also having an effect. And some countries are starting to ...

The Mekong River "ghost fish", believed to have been extinct, has been sighted three times in recent years, according to a new report published on Monday. According to the study published in ...

This video documents a two-day river journey along the Mekong River from Huay Xai to Luang Prabang. The cruise passes through ...

BANGKOK, March 4 (Reuters) - Unsustainable development threatens the health and diverse fish populations of the Mekong river, with one-fifth of fish species in Southeast Asia's main artery facing ...

Southeast Asia's famed Mekong River is under threat. Chinese dams upriver and climate change are partly to blame, but dams downriver are also having an effect. And some countries are starting to ...

Mekong wetlands are often overlooked in conservation efforts, but new research shows they are essential to local ecosystems and economy. The 958-foot-tall Xiaowan Dam—the world’s sixth tallest ...

This giant salmon carp (Aaptosyax grypus) is one of three rediscovered in Cambodia in Southeast Asia’s Mekong River system. The critically endangered megafish had not been spotted since 2005.

The Mekong River is more than the sum of its nearly 3,000 miles. It’s one of the world’s most valuable waterways and has been vital to political power in Southeast Asia for centuries.