Mudskipper Mystery: Tracing True Evolutionary Origins

The mudskipper is a fish seemingly stuck in evolutionary limbo – one that can survive in both terrestrial and aquatic habitats. This Read More…

Meet Trey Chongva Angkor: A fish named for its discovery…

Trey Chongva Angkor has a scientific name of Garra cambodgiensis and its English name is the stonelapping minnow. It has a maximum body length Read More…

Soaring Sarus Cranes

Standing at a soaring six feet tall with a wingspan of eight and a half feet, the Sarus Crane (Grus antigone) is the tallest flying bird in Read More…

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…