Animals

A workshop aimed at enhancing capacity on wetland management and migratory bird flyways is currently taking place in Siem Reap, with participants are sharing experiences on the conservation of migratory bird species. ...

Three of the river guards who are responsible for protecting the Mekong Irrawaddy dolphin conservation area were dismissed by the Kratie provincial administration on February 19. ...

The third newborn Irrawaddy dolphin calf of 2025 was sighted in Kratie province’s Anlong Chroy Banteay on February 9, in an exciting development for the Kingdom’s conservation enthusiasts. ...

A total of 18 nests belonging to vulnerable and critically endangered bird species, along with 13 newborn chicks, have been discovered in Kratie province’s Sambor Wildlife Sanctuary. ...

A newborn Irrawaddy dolphin was sighted by conservationists in Stung Treng province’s Siem Bok district on February 23. The welcome arrival was the first calf to be recorded in 2025. ...

A herd of Asian elephants, including a calf, was recorded on a camera trap recently in the central Cardamom Mountains. ...

The Jahoo Gibbon Camp, a community-managed ecotourism project operated by the indigenous Bunong people in Mondulkiri province, has won the inaugural EXO Foundation Sustainability Award.​   ...

A female Irrawaddy dolphin was found dead in Prek Bak Mouy village in Kampong Cham province’s Stung Trang district due to old age. ...

WWF Cambodia has expressed concerns over a drastic decline in the Northern red muntjac population (Muntiacus vaginalis), which has dropped by more than 60% within just six years in the Phnom Prich Wildlife Sanctuary in Mondulkiri province. The organisation attributed the decline primarily to the ...

Tissue samples from a male elephant weighing approximately three tonnes, found dead in a B-52 bomb crater in Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary in Mondulkiri province, were taken to Phnom Penh for further analysis today, October 7 to determine the exact cause of death.​ ...

An animal protection group has raised concerns that monkeys from Angkor Wat temple could end up in breeding farms exporting primates to laboratories. ...

The Cambodia Vulture Working Group (CVWG) has released its annual report for 2023, which reveals strong progress in the conservation of three critically endangered species: the White-rumped Vulture (Gyps bengalensis), Slender-billed Vulture (Gyps tenuirostris), and Red-headed Vulture (Sarcogyps calvus). ...

Forestry Administration (FiA) officials plan to conduct a nationwide census of monkeys, particularly in tourist areas, to locate and manage aggressive primates that have been causing danger to the public, including both domestic and international travellers. ...

The international conservation organisation World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) estimates that the population of elephants in Southeast Asia and China currently stands between 8,000 and 11,000, with Cambodia home to an estimated 400 to 600. ...

Wildlife outside the zoo is hard to spot without camera traps, but their meat can be found on unwritten menus – through the whispers of sellers – in some local restaurants in Koh Kong and several other provinces. ...

Marine Conservation Cambodia (MCC) and the Kampot provincial Fisheries Administration (FiA) observed an unusual member of a pod of humpback whales swimming in the Prek Tnaot River in Kampot province on May 30. ...

The Wonders of the Mekong project, aimed at promoting sustainable rivers in Southeast Asia, recently highlighted findings from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) Cambodia indicating that vast amounts of Bengal florican habitats around Tonle Sap Lake have been lost due to encroachment on natural grasslands. ...

World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF) and Fauna & Flora International (FFI) are stepping up breeding activities in Cambodia’s Siamese crocodile sanctuaries. ...

In a promising sign for conservationists, the Bird Nest Protection Project by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) Cambodia has dramatically boosted the numbers of rare bird nests at Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary in Mondulkiri province, hopping from 11 nests in 2018 to an impressive 41 ...

In Kampong Thom province, adjacent to the Tonle Sap Lake and Stung Sen River, park rangers, backed by NatureLife Cambodia, discovered eight grey-headed fish eagle nests during the new spawning season, which concluded in December. ...

Wildlife organisation officials have drawn attention to the presence of sarus cranes in six provinces of Cambodia. The population remains larger than that of Laos or Vietnam. ...

A senior official from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, along with representatives from the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Cambodia, attended the Global Declaration of River Dolphins event in Bogota, Colombia, on October 23-24. ...

As Freshwater Dolphin Day was observed on October 23 in Colombia, Cambodian officials and wildlife conservationists expressed their strong commitment to protecting the Mekong Irrawaddy dolphin through both art and a scientific approach. ...

Delegates from 10 countries recently explored the “Srov Met Kriel” or “Crane Rice Field” initiative within the Anlung Pring Protected Landscape in Kampot province, delving into its accomplishments and challenges. ...