What's 10 feet long, 440 pounds, and armored like a tank? The arapaima, perhaps the most peculiar fish in the Amazon. is a denizen of the Amazon. It tops out at 440 pounds and 10 feet long. Making it ...

Listen, I don't have anything against piranhas. They've never bothered me none. But a whole lot of other creatures in the Amazon have every right to fear them—except for the arapaima. This beast grows ...

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), ...

NEWPORT, Ky. -- It’s just past 2 p.m., and four enormous shadowy figures lie in wait just below the surface of the water in Newport Aquarium’s Amazon Exhibit. Feeding commences. While the tank is ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

SHAH ALAM: A post-mortem examination of the three giant arapaima that died after being caught in Masjid Tanah, Malacca, last Friday (Oct 13) will be done soon. It was understood that the invasive fish ...

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 ...