Stretching over 4,000 kilometers from the Tibetan Plateau to the South China Sea, the Mekong River supports more than 60 million people across six nations. Its waters nourish the rice fields of ...

In the Mekong River, you’ll find fish bigger than cars. They’re not the only ones who depend on this vital waterway In the Mekong River, you’ll find fish bigger than cars. They’re not the only ones ...

Global demand for rare earth minerals is driving the toxic pollution of some of Asia’s most important rivers, threatening the health and livelihoods of tens of millions of people.

In the wake of the Laos government’s decision this week to proceed with the Don Sahong dam on the Mekong River mainstream, bypassing the Mekong River Commission (MRC) process for consultation, WWF ...

Low water levels in the Tonle Sap in June 2019. Credit: Tran Van Tu The Mekong is reeling from the combined onslaught of climate change, sand-mining, and incessant damming of the river, which combined ...

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 ...

The longest river in Southeast Asia, the Mekong runs for 2,600 miles from the Tibetan Plateau down to the South China Sea. Inhabitants of the Mekong’s thousands of islands depend on the river for ...

For most of her life, 59-year-old farmer Tip Kamlue has irrigated her fields in northern Thailand with the waters of the Kok ...

An international team of earth scientists has linked the establishment of the Mekong River to a period of major intensification of the Asian monsoon during the middle Miocene, about 17 million years ...

I was joking – sort of – at a restaurant in Phnom Penh, Cambodia’s capital city, after the waiter brought two of the large and hairy deep-fried arachnids to the table after the main course. At first, ...

Got a yen to see China, Tibet, Burma, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Viet Nam the old fashioned way? Go with the flow and cruise the mighty Mekong River, the heart, soul and breadbasket of Southeast ...