Declining 6-Foot Fish Species with the World's Longest Freshwater Migration Inspires a Mass Conservation Effort

A newly signed action plan aims to protect the migration cycle of the giant dorado catfish of the Amazon River ...

The Largest Mekong Giant Catfish Ever Caught Was as Big as a Grizzly Bear

The Mekong River hides some of the largest freshwater fish on Earth, and in 2005, village fishermen in northern Thailand ...
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A Giant Catfish Eats Pigeons in One Gulp

This unusual behavior is not observed in Wels catfish populations elsewhere and is believed to be a learned adaptation. Due to limited food sources, the catfish became desperate enough to try hunting ...
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Will Southeast Asia’s Hydro Rush Drown the Giant Catfish?

It’s hard to overstate the fever for hydroelectric power that has infected southeast Asia in recent years. Hydro power has more than tripled across the region since 1980, a growth that is pinned ...
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Arlington angler snags giant catfish while fishing in Potomac

Stanley "Sebby" Brock III poses with an enormous catfish found in the Potomac River near the Chain Bridge (courtesy of Stan Brock) A 20-year-old Arlington man out fishing near the Chain Bridge caught ...