Responding to luxury traveler demand for historic tours of Myanmar via the Irrawaddy River, The Strand Hotel in Yangon, Myanmar, is now offering journeys on the waterway via the new The Strand Cruise.

It's hard to imagine that there are people in the 21st century still living in stilted teak and bamboo homes, their livestock grazing nearby as they wash clothes or bathe in the river, taking clay ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An orphaned Irrawaddy dolphin rests in the arms of its caretaker at the Marine Endangered Species Veterinary Hospital in Rayong, ...

The Irrawaddy River dolphin is known as Cambodia's living treasure, but it is believed there are only 89 left in the country. They are found in the Krâchéh region and swim in the river. But those deep ...

In its heyday in the 1920s, the fabled Irrawaddy Flotilla Co. transported millions of passengers each year along the Irrawaddy River in Myanmar (formerly Burma) with a fleet of more than 600 vessels.

Sanctuary Ananda sails on the Irrawaddy River past Sagaing. Men living on a cargo ship on the Irrawaddy River prepare for their day's work. Photo: iStock Children in Sin Kyun village. Photo: Supplied ...

Numbers of the endangered Irrawaddy dolphin in the Mekong River have risen from 80 in 2015 to 92 in 2017, according to WWF-Cambodia. The WWF team has found other signs of improvements in the Mekong ...

“You see those dead trees?” the village leader asked me, gesturing toward an island in the Irrawaddy River here in central Myanmar. The low-lying island was so far across the river that I could barely ...

7th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment, crossing river. Taken by Frederick Weedman 1944 It was on the 24 February 1945, that the 7th Battalion, the Worcestershire Regiment attempted to cross the ...