Amazonian fish are facing an alarming new threat. A series of extreme droughts is drying up the region's rivers and wetlands — and scientists say the consequences could be devastating for both ...

What happens when climate change and pesticide pollution collide? Ecosystems suffer, local businesses struggle, and communities face real risks. But aquatic solutions are emerging to protect Amazonian ...

Researchers recently conducted an extensive survey in the Brazilian Amazon to study annual rivulids, a family of fish known for their remarkable ability to survive droughts by entering a dormant state ...

The gilded and piramutaba catfish (Brachyplatystoma rousseauxii and B. vaillantii, respectively) were recently placed on the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species (CMS) list, also known ...

Braz-Mota traveled from Manaus, capital of Amazonas state, to Tefé with fellow biologist Rafael Duarte to investigate the impacts of the drought on Amazonian fish. A native of Amazonas, she’s used to ...

Southwest Florida waters are home to some of the Amazon's most prized gamefish. If that sentence sounds a little strange, it should. Amazonian fish don't belong in our ponds, lakes and rivers, but ...

Two years of record-breaking drought have dealt a heavy blow to what is arguably the Amazon's most successful sustainable economy: the managed fishery for the giant pirarucu. In Brazil´s Amazonas ...

Current methods of identifying fish species require scientists to examine specimens through a microscope or conduct DNA testing. But what if identification could be achieved simply by taking a cell ...

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Scientists at the National Museum of Natural History trained computer models to identify photos of Amazonian fish species. PHOTO Douglas Bastos “If we can work with communities to use AI in ecological ...