When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The largest freshwater fish in South America, arapaima (Arapaima gigas) can grow to over 10 feet ...

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), ...

FORT LAUDERDALE (CBSMiami/AP) — Florida is already in a battle with dangerous and invasive species like the Burmese python, green iguana and lionfish and now there's a new predator in the state called ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Measuring 10 feet (3 meters) long and weighing in at more than 400 pounds (180 kilograms), it's ...

MASJID TANAH: Five officers from the Malaysian Fisheries Department were injured by a giant arapaima fish during a capture operation here on Friday (Oct 11). According to Sinar Harian, the seven-hour ...

The Arapaima fish, considered to be biggest fish and commercially important one at the Amazon Basin, went extinct in a number of local fishing communities, a group of researchers revealed in a study ...

Here's a question - if piranhas are so ferocious and will attack anything, why aren't they the only fish in the Amazon? Well, in some cases, it's because other fish possess bite-proof armor. The ...