W. Whaley’s 58-pound channel cat, caught July 7 1964, in South Carolina’s Santee-Cooper Reservoir, is the all-tackle world ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The catfish family includes a dozen species in Ohio waters, and some of them are among our best-known fishes. Their ranks include ...

The pictus catfish is a freshwater species that’s part of the Pimelodidae family of fish, or long-whiskered catfishes. Because of their unique appearance, these fish make popular pets, especially for ...

Let’s not talk about hurricanes after what we went through last week with Ian. Maybe it is time to look at one of the more common and extremely popular groups of fish found in the St. Johns River: ...

Nature often puts on incredible displays. A recent example caught on camera shows thousands of bumblebee catfish (Rhyacoglanis paranensis) climbing waterfalls in southern Brazil. This is the first ...

Blue catfish are invading Maryland waterways and posing a serious threat to native species. Yet, how is it that one species of slate blue-bodied fish can be so detrimental to the Chesapeake Bay ...

Catfish are extraordinary creatures with distinctive whiskers, also called barbels, and they aren’t the only fish with them. Several fish species have barbels, which are sensory organs. Fish use them ...