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…
Missing Megafauna: Decline of Large Aquatic Animals
For many people, the term “megafauna” evokes images of terrestrial or marine behemoths of bygone eras, like the mastodon or the 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…