MAMIRAUÁ RESERVE, Brazil — On this stretch of the Amazon River, you don't need a fish finder to locate the pirarucu, one of the world's largest freshwater fish. The splashing gives them away ...

With fangs like needles and a face to match, the vampire fish looks like it swam straight out of a horror movie. Discover the ...

The Amazon is one of the most biodiverse regions in the world. Roughly 2,500 species of fish exist in the Amazon River, and ...

The pirarucu, the giant fish of the Amazon, was an endangered species. Due to conservation efforts, it's making a comeback.

As oil companies push for drilling on the Amazon coast, an underwater war silences the ocean’s most vocal creatures.

A new fish species with a mark that resembles "The Eye of Sauron" from "The Lord of the Rings" has been named by researchers in the Amazon after a genetic analysis.

A rare new species of fish was recently discovered prowling the bottom of a river in the Amazon rainforest, researchers said. The creature — a yellow-hued, flat-bodied catfish — is ...

Organic matter binds to metal pollution. The rich organic matter that gives the largest tributary of the Amazon River, the Rio Negro, its characteristic black hue may provide fish with some ...

"For Indigenous people, fishing is their main source of food." ... they caught in the Amazon River amid a drought on the outskirts of Leticia, Colombia, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024.

If you are looking for a real adventure, an exotic location, battles with big, strong, angry fish on a fly rod, the waters of the Amazon jungle are all of that and more.

The ceramic vessels contained the bones of pre-Columbian Indigenous people, as well as fish, frog and turtle remains ...