BANGKOK (AP) — Scientists say the world’s largest recorded freshwater fish, a giant stingray, has been caught in the Mekong River in Cambodia. Wonders of the Mekong, a joint Cambodian-U.S. research ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 2005, Thai fishermen caught a ~646-pound, 9-foot Mekong giant catfish, among the largest freshwater fish ever reliably recorded ...

In this video we take a look at 5 of the largest freshwater fish in the world, from giant catfish and prehistoric predators ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Alessandro Biancardi with the pending world-record Wels catfish. Although it's hard to say for sure, this is likely the biggest ...

A group of men surround a Mekong giant catfish (Pangasianodon gigas). (Courtesy of Zeb Hogan.) (CN) — Many freshwater fish worldwide are in crisis, according to a new global assessment, but varied ...

Connecticut crowned a new freshwater heavyweight champion after Rafal Wlazlo landed a massive 45-pound 8-ounce common carp from Lake Lillinonah on May 25. The fish not only broke the state record for ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. This one-ton turtle once ruled South America’s rivers — ...

The Mekong River hides some of the largest freshwater fish on Earth, and in 2005, village fishermen in northern Thailand hauled in a Mekong giant catfish so massive that scientists compared it to a ...

BANGKOK (AP) — The world’s largest recorded freshwater fish, a giant stingray, has been caught in the Mekong River in Cambodia, according to scientists from the Southeast Asian nation and the United ...