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 ...
High market demand led to declining numbers and a ban on arapaima fishing in the late 1990s, though illegal poaching for the black market continued. According to a recent paper, the co-management ...
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), ...
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 ...
As the world’s largest freshwater fish, the arapaima, is being targeted by poachers in Brazil, while members of Indigenous communities are doing their best to protect it. The Paumari Indigenous ...
If you liked this story, share it with other people. In February, Florida officials identified the body of an arapaima (Arapaima gigas) that had washed ashore from the Caloosahatchee River. An expert ...
Like youngsters leaving home on the first day of kindergarten, the Milwaukee County Zoo's two arapaima fish needed a bit of coaxing. Though arapaima are among the world's largest freshwater fish and ...