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Calotes goetzi

Greater Mekong proves an ark of biodiversity, with 380 new species in a year

Liz Kimbrough 24 May 2023
Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia.

Robust river governance key to restoring Mekong River vitality in face of dams

Carolyn Cowan 30 Mar 2023
Fishers pull in nets on Tonle Sap Lake in Cambodia

As hydropower dams quell the Mekong’s life force, what are the costs?

Carolyn Cowan 29 Mar 2023
A pangolin.

SE Asia’s COVID legacy is less wildlife trade, but more hunting, study finds

Spoorthy Raman 7 Mar 2023
Pygmy loris

The slow, toxic and sleepy life of lorises is coded in their genes

Carolyn Cowan 11 Oct 2022
Cambodia's fisheries and food security are at stake as dams continue to blight the Mekong River

Cambodian mega dam’s resurrection on the Mekong ‘the beginning of the end’

Gerald Flynn, Nehru Pry 15 Sep 2022
The Sekong River is a key tributary for the Mekong River.

In the Mekong Basin, an ‘unnecessary’ dam poses an outsized threat

Gerald Flynn, Nehru Pry 14 Sep 2022
Clouded leopard

Southeast Asia’s big cats like their prey rare — as in really elusive

Carolyn Cowan 6 Sep 2022
Rosewood flowering

Overexploited and underprotected: Study urges action on Asia’s rosewoods

Carolyn Cowan 13 Jun 2022

For Thai fishers facing dwindling catches, a Lao dam looms large

Tom Fawthrop 10 Jun 2022
Tourists petting a tiger cub at Doc Antle's Myrtle Beach Tiger Safari in South Carolina, U.S. Antle faces federal charges for wildlife trafficking.

Year of the Tiger: Illegal trade thrives amid efforts to save wild tigers

Sharon Guynup 31 May 2022
Irrawaddy dolphin in the Mekong river © WWF-Cambodia / Tan Someth Bunwath

Death of last river dolphin in Laos rings alarm bells for Mekong population

Carolyn Cowan 14 Apr 2022
Camera trap photo of an Annamite dark muntjac in the Annamite mountains. Photo courtesy of Leibniz-IZW / WWF-Viet Nam / Song Thanh National Park

Rare mammals caught on camera highlight value of Annamite Mountains

Carolyn Cowan 30 Mar 2022
Gibbon

Greater Mekong primates struggle to cling on amid persistent threats: Report

Carolyn Cowan 17 Jan 2022

How can illegal timber trade in the Greater Mekong be stopped?

Sheryl Lee Tian Tong 30 Dec 2021
Captive tiger

Tiger farms doing little to end wild poaching, Vietnam consumer study shows

Carolyn Cowan 29 Dec 2021

Where does the Greater Mekong’s illegal timber go?

Sheryl Lee Tian Tong 16 Dec 2021

In Laos, a ‘very dangerous dam’ threatens an ancient world heritage site

Tom Fawthrop 10 Dec 2021

Why has illegal logging increased in the Greater Mekong?

Sheryl Lee Tian Tong 9 Dec 2021

The Greater Mekong region: A hotspot of wildlife and crime

Sheryl Lee Tian Tong 17 Nov 2021

Our World Heritage is deeply tied to rivers and they need protection from dams (commentary)

Gary Lee | Sarinee Achavanuntakul | Eugene Simonov 9 Jul 2021

Chinese special economic zones hotspots for wildlife trafficking, surveys say

Sheryl Lee Tian Tong 11 Jun 2021

A buffer zone for Thailand, last great hope for wildlife in Southeast Asia (commentary)

Gregory McCann 7 Jun 2021

Wildlife trafficking, like everything else, has gone online during COVID-19

Imelda Abano, Leilani Chavez 1 Jun 2021

The Large-antlered muntjac — Southeast Asia’s mystery deer (Commentary)

Joel Berger and Minh Nguyen 3 Aug 2020

Tigers threatened by a vast network of planned roads across Asia

Liz Kimbrough 21 May 2020

On a mega reserve in Laos, rescued moon bears find a new home

Claire Turrell 7 Apr 2020

Killing gods: The last hope for the world’s rarest reptile

Jeremy Hance 7 Jan 2020

Time is running out for Southeast Asia

Jeremy Hance 9 Dec 2019

Illegal hunting a greater threat to wildlife than forest degradation

Nanditha Chandraprakash 9 Dec 2019

Analysis: Floating solar power along the dammed-up Mekong River

David Brown 3 Dec 2019

How Laos lost its tigers

Jeremy Hance 28 Oct 2019

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