Saturday, September 26, 2009

Conservation Group: Climate Change Threatens Newly Discovered Mekong Species

Cambodian fishing boats at anchor in middle of Mekong River, on outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia's capital (file photo)
By Daniel Schearf, VOA
Bangkok
25 September 2009

A conservation group says newly discovered species in the Mekong river region are at risk of extinction because of rising global temperatures.
The international conservation group WWF (World Wildlife Fund) says 163 species of plants and animals were discovered last year in the Greater Mekong region of Southeast Asia where the Mekong River flows.
Some of the most unusual animals included a frog with fangs in Thailand that eats birds and a leopard-spotted gecko found on an island in Vietnam.
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