The 30 reported cases of fish bites this year follows another 64 attacks in the area in 2024. Tambaqui fish are found in the Amazon and belong to the pacu and red piranha family. Known for their ...

Like a scene right out of a Hollywood horror flick, a video published online last week shows a river in Brazil ... an expedition to the Amazon in 1913-14, when starved piranhas trapped in a ...

Deep in the Amazon, there's a creature that defies expectations - pink river dolphins. In this episode, we get up close with these rare freshwater mammals and explore how they’ve adapted to life in ...

Pete Casey’s epic, six-year trek along the entire length of the Amazon River ... bit his pant leg. River pirates and guerrilla rebels. Jaguars in the rain forest, piranha in the water and ...

Piranhas are fish that live in the Amazon River and lakes in South America, known for their razor-sharp teeth and fierce attacks on other kinds of fish. But are they really as aggressive as they ...

It is home to the world’s largest species of river dolphin and some 60 species of piranha. However, despite all these incredible stats, there is something that cannot be found on the Amazon ...

One of the bathers lost the tip of their toe during a frenzied attack. Officials in the city of Caceres said it was the first time piranhas had been seen at Daveron beach, on the Paraguay River.

Forensic experts eventually confirmed the man had died of drowning and that he suffered the attack of piranhas while he was already dead. A dozen bathers in the Paraná River at the Bella Vista ...