By Carolyn Cowan Rampant sand mining in the Mekong River is directly weakening critical seasonal river flows that sustain ...

The Mekong River flows through some of Southeast Asia’s most ecologically rich landscapes. Dense forests, wetlands, and riverbanks support a wide range of plant and animal life. Travel along this ...

Six critically endangered Mekong giant catfish — one of the largest and rarest freshwater fish in the world — were caught and released recently in Cambodia, reviving hopes for the survival of the ...

BUENG KAN - Recent water quality tests have confirmed the Mekong River is safe, with arsenic levels within acceptable limits, ...

April 23--Cambodia should share a feasibility study on the impact of a planned China-backed canal that would divert water from the rice-growing floodplains of Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, said the body ...

Across the Mekong Delta, leading aquaculture producers, processors and exporters, along with suppliers of inputs, are ...

The Mekong was once a river teeming with fish, providing food security for millions of poor farmers as well urban centers. These days, that river of abundance has disappeared, replaced by forlorn ...

A new satellite analysis from U.S. think tank the Stimson Center has identified 517 suspected mines along rivers in Laos, ...

With their furious winds, torrential rains and deadly storm surges, tropical cyclones are usually known for their destructive power. But new research, published in Nature, discovers that they have an ...

Southeast Asia is often thought of as comprising of two wings, maritime Southeast Asia and mainland Southeast Asia. The five mainland Southeast Asian states of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and ...

Editor’s Note (10/16/19): This article has been edited after posting for inclusion in the November 2019 issue of Scientific American. A stunning 12 million people could be forced to retreat from ...

ON THE MEKONG RIVER — When the Chinese came to the village of Lat Thahae, perched on a muddy bend of a Mekong River tributary, they scrawled a Chinese character on the walls of homes, schools and ...