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. At 21 inches, the biggest catfish pulled out of the Burkittsville town pond on Saturday morning was about half the size of the ...

As the owner of his own fishing charter business specializing in large trophy catfishing expeditions, George Thompson is used to reeling in some big creatures. In October, when the Nebraska native was ...

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 ...

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 Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation announced Tuesday that one of the biggest flathead catfish ever recorded in the state had been caught on a trotline. In the accompanying photo, ...

The ‘megafish’ living in southeast Asia’s Mekong River once faced extinction. A new rapid response system is helping reverse their dire outlook.

Flathead catfish are native to a large area west of the Appalachian Mountains. Flathead catfish are hard to ignore. They have shiny dark olive skin with a white to the yellow underside. Interestingly, ...

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 ...