Tiny changes in the environment, especially around the banks of the Mekong River, can greatly affect the local flora and fauna. The Mekong Butterfly, an independent ecological group based in Thailand, has been monitoring the impacts of water levels and changing aquatic patterns on two species: the Mekong river crinum lily, a Mekong riverbank plant, and the small pratincole, a bird adapting its behavior to the new conditions. Alongside monitoring turbidity via open science, community-initiated research shows fluctuating water levels are changing the regular Mekong water environment and making survival more precarious.