In 2020, a fisherman in Cambodia caught a ginormous fish but did not know what it was. Rumors that the Mekong ghost still lurked in the river started to form. When researchers analyzed photos of ...

And though aquaculture is already widely practiced along the Mekong—in many houseboats a trapdoor leads to a watery pen of farmed fish—those fish are fed with smaller wild fish from the river.

The bumper catch in the Mekong River Basin has boosted hopes of a revival of the critically endangered species, which is among the world's largest freshwater fish. Fishermen released the fish ...

During their surveys, the team found several unfamiliar-looking brown eels, the study said. They took a closer look at the ...

details the extraordinary variety of fish species in the Mekong river. These dazzlingly diverse fishes are critical for the health, food security and livelihoods of tens of millions people across the ...

Juvenile fish normally protected in the river’s ... “The biggest challenge for the Mekong River is really the cumulative development of all these projects,” said Ms Courtney Weatherby ...

Conservationists on Monday (March 17) embarked on a four-day 120-km relay swim down the Mekong River to raise awareness about ...

A team of intrepid swimmers have embarked on a courageous mission to draw attention to the plight of the Kingdom’s endangered ...

A big spike in water levels has been detected along the Mekong River which could threaten the livelihoods of ... Fisherfolk and farmers have also complained that sudden dam releases disrupt fish ...

Researchers visited the Mekong River estuary near Ho Chi Minh City between 2023 and 2024 to survey a group of fish known as snake eels, according to a study published March 13 in the peer-reviewed ...

Researchers visited the Mekong River estuary near Ho Chi Minh City several times in 2023 to search for a group of fish known as snake eels, according to a study published March 13 in the peer ...