Conservationists on Monday (March 17) embarked on a four-day 120-km relay swim down the Mekong River to raise awareness about the protection of the critically endangered Irrawaddy dolphins in Cambodia ...

A powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck central Myanmar on Friday, causing significant damage, including the collapse of ...

In Ban Khok Yai, along the Mekong River, three generations share dinner ... and it will further threaten the habitat of Irrawaddy dolphins, of which fewer than one hundred remain in the Mekong.

I wanted to explore the romance of Myanmar's Irrawaddy River, which has stirred the imagination of some of the world's greatest writers, such as Kipling and Orwell. The name "Irrawaddy" is an ...

The endangered Irrawaddy dolphin, native to Southeast Asia's Mekong River, is making a comeback in Cambodia thanks to conservation efforts. Nature World News reported that there are around 105 of ...

PHNOM PENH (Xinhua): Another newborn Mekong River Irrawaddy dolphin has been sighted, raising the number of newborn dolphin calves in Cambodia to five so far this year, the Ministry of Agriculture ...

This phase will urgently take up the issue of water infrastructure that is posing an immediate threat to river dolphin populations. This is especially critical in the case of the Irrawaddy dolphin ...

started the Pandaw riverboat concept in Asia with cruises on the Irrawaddy River in Burma. In 2003, Mr. Strachan pioneered the cruise route on the lower Mekong from Vietnam to Cambodia ...

Mekong Irrawaddy dolphins swim in the Mekong River in Kratie province, Cambodia, on March 8, 2025. The Mekong Irrawaddy dolphins have been listed as critically endangered on the International ...

KRATIE, Cambodia, March 9 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian Minister of Information Neth Pheaktra on Sunday called for concerted efforts to protect and preserve critically endangered Mekong River Irrawaddy ...

Irrawaddy dolphins, Orcaella brevirostris, are found in just three rivers around the world: the Mekong River, in Cambodia and Lao PDR, and once down into Vietnam, in the Mahakam River in Indonesian ...

PHNOM PENH, March 12 (Xinhua) -- Another newborn Mekong River Irrawaddy dolphin has been sighted, raising the number of newborn dolphin calves in Cambodia to five so far this year, the Ministry of ...