Researchers identified 208 new species in the Mekong River region of Southeast Asia in 2010, ... "A total of 145 plants, 28 reptiles, 25 fish, 7 amphibians, 2 mammals, ...

There are 20,000 plant species, 430 mammals, 1,200 birds, 800 reptiles and amphibians, and around 850 fish species in the Greater Mekong subregion. The river’s waters also feed 54 million ...

Mekong River Commission CEO Anoulak Kittikhoun, left, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pacific Ocean Division commander Brig. Gen. Kirk Gibbs toured the Castaic Pumped-Storage Plant, a ...

The life aquatic. Water lilies are among more than 20,000 species of plants that grow in the Mekong. The world’s second most biodiverse river, after the Amazon, supports animals such as the ...

Ironically, an engineering and construction firm with close government ties, PetroVietnam Power, has announced that it will begin construction of a $2 billion, 1,400 MWp dam and power plant on the ...

Scientists described 380 new-to-science species from the Greater Mekong region of Southeast Asia between 2021 and 2022. Researchers working in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam ...

The Mekong is South East Asia's largest river, flowing through 3,000 miles of breathtaking landscapes: the high peaks of the Himalayas, the Tibetan plateau, the canyons of Chinese Yunnan, and ...

The river also is home to the critically endangered fresh-water Irrawaddy dolphins and giant soft-shell turtles. Teeming with marine life, over 1,000 fish species swim within the Mekong River. The ...

Participants of the 12th Mekong-Mississippi Sister Rivers Partnership Exchange Talks pose on the General Jackson together Dec. 9, 2024, on the Cumberland River in Nashville, Tennessee.