Researchers may have solved a big mystery surrounding a very big fish. Around the world, freshwater fish are in trouble. That’s especially true of large species. But one recent episode surprised ...

An enormous and endangered fish – a 400-pound, 13-foot-long giant freshwater stingray – was hooked by fishermen from a small island community in the middle of the Mekong River on May 5, 2022. The ...

It’s o-fish-al! The world’s largest freshwater fish has made its debut in the 2024 Guinness Book of World Records. The 661-pound stingray, caught in June 2022, was over 13 feet long, from snout to ...

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 ...

Fish biologist Zeb Hogan and a research team with a Mekong giant stingray. In his book, "Chasing Giants," Hogan describes the importance to people of fish—from charismatic giants to abundant fisheries ...

(The Conversation) – Rivers have been the lifeblood of human civilization throughout history, and yet we know surprisingly little about what lives in many of them – including the giant creatures that ...