This keystone species of the Amazon River ecosystem are a fearsome predator with many names. Mike Bock Visitors can get up close to arapaima at the Smithsonian National Zoo's Amazonia exhibit.

Eventually, they came up with the name Amazon, a reference to the river in South America. The idea was that their selection of books would be vast and wide, just like the world's largest river.

In June 2024, satellite images taken of the mighty Amazon River and its tributaries captured healthy rushing waters and high ...

LETICIA, Colombia — Marciano Flores stood knee-deep in the Amazon River with the rest of his crew, ready to haul in a giant net as a man in a canoe circled in an attempt to drive fish their way. At 69 ...