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Researchers carried out a massive survey in the Brazilian Amazon for so-called annual rivulids, a family of fish whose eggs survive in a hibernation state during drought and then hatch when it rains — ...

Two new colorful species of fish have been found in Brazil's Amazon Basin -- and they are already at risk of disappearing due to extinction. The fish belong to a subfamily called South American ...

Two newly discovered species of Amazonian fish are facing imminent extinction due to deforestation, warns a new study. Both fish - commonly referred to as South American darters - could disappear if ...

Local patrols in the Amazon are leading a conservation success story, protecting forests and wildlife against growing threats ...

A professor at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) has put aside nearly a century and a half of conventional wisdom with the rediscovery of a species of giant Amazonian fish ...

In Brazil, a group led by researchers from São Paulo State University (UNESP) in Jaboticabal, in collaboration with the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (EMBRAPA), has developed an ...

Fish species that are both economically and ecologically important in South America live mysterious lives. Scientists know relatively little about the thousands of fish species living in the world's ...

A Catholic bishop in Peru’s Amazon is warning that mercury from illegal gold mining is contaminating rivers, fish and people ...