The giant freshwater stingray may be the world’s largest freshwater fish. It’s also cloaked in mystery. No one is sure how many giant stingrays are left, which habitats they prefer ...
Arapaima are the largest freshwater fish in South America—and a keystone species in the Amazon River ecosystem.
Bichir are the only living fossil fish commonly kept as pets. Bichir are bottom-dwelling freshwater fish native to western Africa. They are among the most primitive of the ray-finned fish ...
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When scientists heard reports that a large, mysterious fish had been caught in Cambodia in 2020, excitement stirred. Could ...
It’s an extraordinary fact: 51% of all known species of fish live in freshwater - 18,075 species. And more are being discovered all the time. But few people have any idea of the unimaginable diversity ...
This story appears in the April 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. Hundreds of millions of people worldwide would lack their prime source of protein without freshwater fish. Yet the lakes ...
Mussel shells provide living space for insects and plants, and empty shells serve as nesting sites for small fish like darters. Unfortunately, for all their allure, freshwater mussels are the most ...
A report has warned of a "catastrophic" decline in freshwater fish, with nearly a third threatened by extinction. Conservation groups said 80 species were known to have gone extinct, 16 in the ...
A 300kg (661lb) stingray caught in the Mekong river in Cambodia is the biggest freshwater fish ever documented, scientists say. It unseated the previous record-holder, a 646lb (293kg) Mekong giant ...
fish, turtles, dragonflies, frogs, crayfish, orchids, otters and countless others. Protecting fresh water in all its forms protects the wildlife who live in and near it. The reverse is also true: ...
Lisa Ling, an award-winning journalist and producer, is a CBS News contributor, where she brings her distinctive reporting and feature pieces across CBS News broadcasts and platforms. Ling joined ...