Amazonian fish are facing an alarming new threat. A series of extreme droughts is drying up the region's rivers and wetlands — and scientists say the consequences could be devastating for both ...

Genetic sequencing research led by the Federal University of Pará charts a route for protecting Amazonian species. Focused on ...

What happens when climate change and pesticide pollution collide? Ecosystems suffer, local businesses struggle, and communities face real risks. But aquatic solutions are emerging to protect Amazonian ...

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Braz-Mota traveled from Manaus, capital of Amazonas state, to Tefé with fellow biologist Rafael Duarte to investigate the impacts of the drought on Amazonian fish. A native of Amazonas, she’s used to ...

The gilded and piramutaba catfish (Brachyplatystoma rousseauxii and B. vaillantii, respectively) were recently placed on the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species (CMS) list, also known ...

Researchers recently conducted an extensive survey in the Brazilian Amazon to study annual rivulids, a family of fish known for their remarkable ability to survive droughts by entering a dormant state ...

Thousands of fish species — about 2,500 of them named — call the Amazon River home, but scientists estimate nearly half of the marine creatures lurking in the massive stretch of water remain ...

Current methods of identifying fish species require scientists to examine specimens through a microscope or conduct DNA testing. But what if identification could be achieved simply by taking a cell ...

Two years of record-breaking drought have dealt a heavy blow to what is arguably the Amazon's most successful sustainable economy: the managed fishery for the giant pirarucu. In Brazil´s Amazonas ...

PETALUMA, Calif. — An angler in Northern California wasn't expecting the fish he reeled in at a duck pond to have human-like teeth. The Press Democrat reports that Juan Gallo caught a pacu fish at the ...