It’s the longest migration of any freshwater fish in the world, according to new research—and that creates a host of dangers for this unusual animal. The dorado (pictured, a juvenile from Brazil) is ...

The dorado catfish is the all-time champion of freshwater fish migration, an international study has proven. Known for its shimmering and scale-less silver-gold skin, the 6-foot-long dorado catfish ...

The Amazon holds a fair few records. Not only is it the biggest rainforest, largest river, and most biodiverse habitat on land, it has now been revealed that it is also home to the longest freshwater ...

The first words long-distance swimmer Ben Lecomte uttered after becoming the first person to swim 3,716 miles across the Atlantic Ocean in 1998 were, "Never again." That feat took him 73 days. In ...

An international team of scientists has confirmed that the dorado catfish (Brachyplatystoma rousseauxii) of the Amazon River basin holds the record for the world's longest exclusively freshwater fish ...

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Thousands of fish species are facing "catastrophic" decline — threatening the health, food security and livelihoods of hundreds of millions of people around the world. New research shows that ...

Thai fishermen netted a catfish as big as a grizzly bear, setting a world record for the largest freshwater fish ever found, according to researchers who studied the 646-pound Mekong giant catfish as ...

A woman selling fish in a market in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam. From Ancient Egypt to the Zhou Dynasty to first century Palestine, fish have symbolized wealth and abundance, demonstrating the ancient ...

New York (February 6, 2017) - An international team of scientists has confirmed that the dorado catfish (Brachyplatystoma rousseauxii) of the Amazon River basin holds the record for the world's ...