Have a spacious aquarium with plenty of room and a high-capacity filter? Consider adding some large fish to your freshwater aquarium. A large aquarium typically starts at 200 gallons, but some of ...

A fisherman in northern Cambodia hooked what researchers say is the world’s largest freshwater fish — a giant stingray that scientists know relatively little about. The fisherman, 42, caught the ...

If you’re thinking of setting up an aquarium in your home, you may be wondering what kind of fish you’d like to have in your tank. Freshwater fish are a popular option since it can be easier for ...

Snapping turtles are large freshwater turtles that are unable to withdraw their head and legs fully into their shells, and so have extremely powerful jaws that they use to defend themselves with by ...

Freshwater megafauna such as river dolphins, crocodilians and sturgeons play vital roles in their respective ecosystems. In a recent scientific publication, researchers have teamed up with ...

Cardinal tetras are famous for their glowing blue and bright red stripes that run across their bodies. People often mix them up with neon tetras, but cardinal tetras have a bright red line that goes ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract 1. Indigenous European freshwater crayfish (ICS) are threatened due to invasive North American freshwater crayfish that are natural carriers ...

Scientists have now quantified the global decline of big freshwater animals: From 1970 to 2012, global populations of freshwater megafauna declined by 88 percent - twice the loss of vertebrate ...