The ‘megafish’ living in southeast Asia’s Mekong River once faced extinction. A new rapid response system is helping reverse their dire outlook.

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 ...

Brad Hilton caught the massive catfish while rod-and-reel fishing on the Missouri River.

Watch as a young boy demonstrates how to build a fish trap to catch catfish in a secret location. The video showcases the ...

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 prowl their depths.

Conservationists in Cambodia on Friday celebrated the discovery of six highly endangered Mekong giant catfish in the critical Southeast Asian waterway plagued by illegal fishing, habitat loss and ...

Catfish may not carry the esteem of trout or bass, but when it comes to accessibility, no fish better represents the Midwest.

A North Carolina-based fishing rod company announced what may be a pending state-record blue catfish earlier this month. The details are thin, but Catch the Fever reports the fish, caught in Kansas, ...

The world has seven continents, but do you know the largest freshwater fish in each? These creatures show the incredible diversity of Earth's inland waters. Let's get amazed as we look at these ...

Stanley "Sebby" Brock III poses with an enormous catfish found in the Potomac River near the Chain Bridge (courtesy of Stan Brock) A 20-year-old Arlington man out fishing near the Chain Bridge caught ...

Last week, the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission announced a new state record for blue catfish. Caught by Justin Hodge earlier this year, the fish tipped scales at an impressive 73.6 ...

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 ...