More than 1,100 species of fish call the Mekong home, making it the third most species-rich river anywhere in the world after the Amazon and Congo basins. Unlike these areas, however, the Mekong ...

This boy’s family built a small temporary home on the banks of the Mongala River, a tributary of the Congo, to catch fish in the river and in a nearby lake. During my last day on the Congo River ...

fishing, and hydroelectric power. The river’s course is divided into three sections - the upper, middle, and lower Congo. The Malebo Pool, a wide, calm expanse of water, separates the middle ...