For riverside communities along the Amazon, fish is not a menu choice—it is a lifeline. Millions of people in the Brazilian Amazon depend on fish as their primary source of protein, consuming it daily ...

The Amazon basin is home to more than 2,700 species of freshwater fish – about 15 percent of all known species in the world. Approximately two-thirds of them are found exclusively in the region. The ...

Smaller fish species are more nutritious, lower in mercury and less susceptible to overfishing, a Cornell-led research team has found. The team's study was conducted in the Amazon River, but the ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Following proof of the presence of microplastics in Amazonian rivers, streams and lakes, researchers are investigating how these particles affect ...

MAMIRAUÁ RESERVE, Brazil — On this stretch of the Amazon River, you don't need a fish finder to locate the pirarucu, one of the world's largest freshwater fish. The splashing gives them away. Like the ...