CHIANG KHONG, Thailand – Dismissing its neighbors' pleas, impoverished Laos is rapidly building a Mekong River dam that threatens fisheries crucial to millions of Southeast Asia's poorest people. The ...

Srey Pheak (with headlamp) leads a twilight fishing patrol on the Mekong near his village Samphin. The fishing patrol enforces fishery regulations in Samphin’s registered fishing lot. Photo: Patrick ...

A fishermen near the Khone Phapheng Falls (Khone Falls) along the Mekong River in Laos. In my previous post, I summarized many of the superlatives of fish and fisheries from the Mekong River in ...

Six critically endangered Mekong giant catfish — one of the largest and rarest freshwater fish in the world — were caught and released recently in Cambodia, reviving hopes for the survival of the ...

Heavy rains and China’s decision to release more water from upstream dams have offered a glimmer of good news for fishing and farming families who have suffered from poor catches and harvests amid a ...

The mighty Mekong River, which has sustained civilizations for thousands of years, now faces an unprecedented crisis that ...

“Please help protect all endangered species — including the Mekong giant catfish, Mekong giant barb, giant freshwater ...

CHIANG KHONG, Thailand (AP) — Dismissing its neighbors’ pleas, impoverished Laos is rapidly building a Mekong River dam that threatens fisheries crucial to millions of Southeast Asia’s poorest people.