The river dolphins of South Asia are blind, anti-social animals that spend most of their lives swimming on their sides. These dolphins never see the ocean, and are a far cry from the popular image of ...

It’s water that’s been stored behind a dam.” River water should instead be full of silt. The Mekong, South-east Asia’s main artery, winds 4,900km through China, Myanmar, Thailand ...

Together, we spent the days drifting up-river through Vietnam ... by in the shade – I felt transported back to a south-east ...