Fishing Cats: The Famed Fish-Loving Felines of Southeastern…

The Fishing Cat (Prionailurus viverrinu) may look a lot like the housecat we all know and love, but it possesses a surprising skill set that Read More…

The bronze featherback: a freshwater that can also live in…

by Chhut Chheana / USAID Wonders of the Mekong In Khmer this fish is called Trey Slat, its scientific name is Notopterus notopterus, and its Read More…

The Fluctuating Fish of the Tonle Sap

Systems that experience flood pulses are often dynamic hotspots of biodiversity, and as such  can contribute great economic and cultural Read More…

Characteristics of the Beardless Barb

by Chhut Chheana / USAID Wonders of the Mekong Wonders of the Mekong Project would like to introduce to you a type of freshwater fish that Read More…

These fishes are being reared and released in the Mekong…

These photos show a Black-Spotted Catfish (Pangasius larnaudii) and a Giant barb (Catlocarpio siamensis) being tagged and released after Read More…

Introducing the Bonylip Barb

by Chhut Chheana – USAID Wonders of the Mekong The Wonders of the Mekong Project would like to introduce to you a type of freshwater fish Read More…

Caring for one thousand rare Asian giant softshell turtles

by Bran Sinal I work to conserve the Asian giant softshell turtle Pelochelys cantorii, which was thought to be extinct from Cambodia Read More…

Teaching turtle conservation to local children to influence…

by Bran Sinal A group of local and international conservation scientists partnered with local Buddhist monks from the 100 Pillar Pagoda Read More…

Irrawaddy River Dolphins – A River Legend

Legends tell of a goddess who lived in the Yangtze River in China. The goddess in these tales is really the Baiji (Lipotes vexillifer), a Read More…

Valuing the Mekong’s Seasonal Wetlands

Wetlands are more than a meeting of land and water – they are complex systems where humans, wildlife, and environmental processes interact. Read More…