Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Conservation efforts in the Brazilian Amazon have brought a giant fish called the arapaima back from the verge of extinction, ...

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 ...

Measuring 10 feet (3 meters) long and weighing in at more than 400 pounds (180 kilograms), it's hard to imagine that the arapaima, the largest fish in the Amazon River basin, could ever go missing.

Deep in the vast rivers and flooded forests of the Amazon Basin, there lives a fish that appears to be prehistoric in both size and appearance. The arapaima, also called the “pirarucu,” is one of the ...

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), ...

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 ...

Deep in the vast rivers and flooded forests of the Amazon Basin, there lives a fish that appears to be prehistoric in both size and appearance. The arapaima, also called the “pirarucu,” is one of the ...