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 ...

Six critically endangered Mekong giant catfish—one of the largest and rarest freshwater fish in the world—were caught and released recently in Cambodia, reviving hopes for the survival of the species.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If there is such a thing as an "everyman's fish" on a worldwide scale, it would probably be the catfish. Hearty, adaptable, and ...

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 ...

A 14-year-old British angler landed two monster Wels catfish weighing 109 and 95 pounds during one unforgettable night in ...

Dec 12 (Reuters) - The catching of six rare giant catfish in Cambodia in the space of five days, some weighing more than 120 kg (265 lbs), has raised hopes of a revival of a critically endangered ...

The enormous wels catfish two Polish fishermen landed a few weeks ago while competing in a fishing tournament at a reservoir in Rybnik, Poland, is being hailed as a world record for length. Krzysztof ...

Cutting-edge study on Mekong River detects presence of giant catfish and over 180 other species A first study of its kind in the Mekong River has detected the presence of critically endangered giant ...

The iconic Mekong giant catfish (Pangasianodon gigas) is one of the world’s largest freshwater fish, and one of the hardest to study. New scientific techniques are beginning to unlock its secrets. The ...

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 ...