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), ...

Scientists who studied why the scales of a huge Amazonian fish, which lives piranha-infested waters, are some of the toughest in the world hope their work could help to create armor. The outer layer ...

Arapaima gigas is a big fish in a bigger river full of piranhas, but that doesn't mean it's an easy meal. It's evolved armor-like scales that deform, but don't tear or crack, when a piranha -- which ...

A colossal freshwater fish that can reach up to 10 feet in length has mysteriously washed up on a shoreline in Florida. The arapaima is a predatory fish native to the Amazon, but one was found dead on ...

This is the shocking moment a giant arapaima fish leapt from a tank and startled a feeder. The woman held a small fish above the aquarium, where two huge fish with armor-like scales waited for her to ...

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 ...

A massive, aggressive species of fish from the Amazon was found recently in the Caloosahatchee River, and at least one local fishing guide wonders if there are more plying Southwest Florida waters. "I ...

FORT LAUDERDALE (CBSMiami/AP) — Florida is already in a battle with dangerous and invasive species like the Burmese python, green iguana and lionfish and now there's a new predator in the state called ...

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 ...