The remarkably tough scales of a huge air-breathing fresh water fish in the Amazon Basin named "Arapaima gigas" were the subject of a recent study led by Robert Ritchie of Berkeley Lab's Materials ...

Arapaima gigas is a big fish in a bigger river full of piranhas, but that doesn't mean it's an easy meal. The freshwater giant has evolved armor-like scales that can deform, but do not tear or crack, ...

Measuring 10 feet long and weighing in at more than 400 pounds, it's hard to imagine that the arapaima, the largest fish in the Amazon River basin, could ever go missing. But these huge fish are ...

The Amazon and its tributaries are home to almost one tenth of the world’s freshwater fish biodiversity, 2500 species being recorded. The giant fish Arapaima gigas is one of the most emblematic of ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. In February, Florida officials identified the body of an arapaima (Arapaima gigas) that had washed ashore from the Caloosahatchee River. An expert ...

A flurry of social media attention recently warned that the arapaima, the largest fish in the Amazon, is facing possible extinction. A study revealed that these river giants are already extinct in ...

Fish that live in piranha infested waters have evolved scales to protect them from the predator's fearsome teeth and are being used to develop new types of body armour The protective scales of ...

Some of the Bayan Baru MCA members trying to reach out for the dragon fish in the pond at the Hean Leng Kong Temple in Sungai Nibong, Penang. — Photos: LIM BENG TATT/The Star NEVER mind the Year of ...

Arapaima gigas is a big fish in a bigger river full of piranhas, but that doesn't mean it's an easy meal. The freshwater giant has evolved armor-like scales that can deform, but do not tear or crack, ...