Conservation efforts in the Brazilian Amazon have brought a giant fish called the arapaima back from the verge of extinction, National Geographic reported. A decade ago, the arapaima, which can grow ...

A keystone species of the Amazon River ecosystem, the arapaima is a powerful predator known by many names. Mike Bock Reaching up to 10 feet (3 meters) long and weighing 440 pounds (200 kilograms), ...

Zoo staff said that the fish were about 17 years old, which is the typical life span of captive arapaima. According to the press release, a necropsy carried out after the death of the fish initially ...

TRES RIOS, Brazil (AP) — Sometimes you start something and have no idea where it will lead. So it was with Eduardo Filgueiras, a struggling guitarist whose family worked in an unusual business in Rio ...

IT TOOK two hours to reel in this monster of a fish. And the fisherman needed help from three other blokes to finish the job. While casting his rod off the banks of the Palm Tree Lagoon Fishing Park ...

The giant arapaima, the Amazon’s biggest fish, was under threat. Rolex Awards for Enterprise Laureate João Campos-Silva is engaging with local fishing communities to save it—and in doing so, setting ...

A new species of the giant fish arapaima has been discovered from the central Amazon in Brazil, raising questions about what other species remain to be discovered and highlighting the potential for ...

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all. Helen Keller The Tactical Bassin' fishing channel just released a long-form, documentary-style movie about a Guyana fishing adventure catching ...

This is the fish that was involved in the burglary, officials say. Arapaima are native to South America, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission reports. DeSoto County Sheriff's Office ...

By Jenny Gonzales An inhabitant of the Amazon Basin and one of the world’s largest freshwater fishes, the pirarucu (Arapaima ...

Local community member engaged in Community-Based Management (CBM) carrying a large wild-caught Arapaima fish. Only to be used in relation to this release and with credit details.

The world has seven continents, but do you know the largest freshwater fish in each? These creatures show the incredible diversity of Earth's inland waters. Let's get amazed as we look at these ...