Mekong Project News Today

New research explores the microbial communities that live on plastic waste and how they impact the 2nd most biodiverse river in the world

For 17 years, Zeb Hogan, a biologist, has been searching for the world’s largest freshwater fish. On June 13, his team found it — a giant freshwater stingray, or Urogymnus polylepis.

Fishers and researchers found a 13-foot long, 661-pound stingray in the Mekong River in Cambodia. Learn more at Boston.com.

In the Mekong River in Cambodia, fishers and researchers found a 13-foot-long, 661-pound stingray — a win for conservation efforts in the area.

In the Red Sea off the coast of Egypt, bottlenose dolphins barrel through a soft, bushy coral. Looks like fun, but maybe it’s medicine.Dolphins may rub on specific corals and...

The Mekong River is home to enormous and endangered aquatic life. A 400-pound fish’s release shows how some conservation efforts in Cambodia are paying off.

The fishers accidentally caught the colossal 400-pound stingray when it ate another fish trapped in their net.

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A five-foot-long Mekong giant catfish was among the critically endangered fishes to be released into the Tonle Sap, Southeast Asia’s largest lake.

The Asia Pacific Triennial once again demonstrates that it’s one of Australia’s most important visual art surveys.