Everyone knows the tiger, the panda, the blue whale, but what about the other five to thirty million species estimated to inhabit our Earth? Many of these marvelous, stunning, and rare species have ...

(UPI) -- The natural body armor of the South American arapaima fish is so tough that it can withstand the piercingly fierce bite of a piranha without a problem. With its streamlined body and flat head ...

Measuring 10 feet long and weighing in at more than 400 pounds, it's hard to imagine that the arapaima, the largest fish in the Amazon River basin, could ever go missing. But these huge fish are ...

An ancient Amazonian fish with thick piranha-proof scales may hold the secret to building better bullet-proof body armor, puncture resistant gloves or even safety goggles and CD cases. Researchers at ...

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 ...

TEMPO.CO, Bandung - Bandung zoo has brought a new type of species to attract visitors during this year’s Eid. They are two giant amazonian arapaima fish from Brazil. "Two Amazonian Arapaima fish ...

The Giant Arapaima fish, a large, commercially-important species in the Amazon Basin, is now locally extinct in many regions around the area, according to biologists. Bioeconomic theory is often used ...

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 ...

THIS is the traumatic moment a “suicidal fish” leapt to its death after getting “fed up” of its tiny tank. CCTV camera footage shows the fish, which has spent its entire six years of life in an ...

A creepy-looking “monster” fish lurking in water has gone viral after footage was shared online. After a late night angling trip, Jo O’Rarussy encountered two “fish” ogling at him from underneath the ...