Over 40 per cent of ornamental fish seizures from Brazil between 2012 and 2019 were of the iridescent cardinal tetra. Authorities in Brazil have seized thousands of live freshwater fish native to the ...

Transgenic zebrafish, or zebra danio (Danio rerio), have been bioengineered into a patented and trademarked brand of genetically modified (GM) fluorescent fish and marketed as “GloFish”. (Credit: ...

TAVARES, Brazil, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Under a vast gray sky, fisherman Daniel de Matos Rosa waded through the shallow waters of a southern Brazilian lagoon clogged with dead fish - the latest mass ...

Officials in Brazil have issued a warning after a woman became sick from a rare disease after eating fish. The municipality of Goianésia, which is in the state of Goiás, said it is monitoring the case ...

FORTALEZA, Brazil (Reuters) - Researchers in Brazil are experimenting with a new treatment for severe burns using the skin of tilapia fish, an unorthodox procedure they say can ease the pain of ...

Note to editors: Photos of the new fish species, its threatened habitat and region, and the scientists who made the discovery in the field, as well as other associated press materials can be found via ...

WWF is supporting a unique project in the Brazilian Pantanal that is helping fishermen’s wives raise income for their families. Find out more about fish tanning in Brazil. Surrounded by the Pantanal, ...

Small- and large-scale fishers report an increase in the volume and variety of fish species in the Patos Lagoon and the coast of Rio Grande do Sul state. Such abundance came after a bill banning ...

A new article quantifies the tradeoffs between hydroelectric generation capacity and the impacts on river connectivity for thousands of current and projected future dams across Brazil. The findings ...