The European Catfish is the largest freshwater fish in Europe, reaching up to 2.8 meters in length and 130 kg in weight. It was first detected in Portugal in 2014. As a top predator, it has no natural ...

In rivers that once held a balanced mix of native fish, a giant predator now dominates so completely that it has started lunging out of the water to grab unsuspecting pigeons. The wels catfish, a ...

Europe's Wels catfish has to be one of the most intriguing freshwater fish in the world. Individuals can grow to monstrous sizes, proven to measure as long as nine feet and weigh 400 pounds or more in ...

Infrared photography has revealed that European catfish can stalk prey by tracking underwater wakes much as hunters on land follow footprints. This laboratory demonstration marks the first time that ...

Gkenas, C., Sequeira, V., Ribeiro, D., Gago, J., Dias, D., Verma, C.R., Kumkar, P. and Ribeiro, F., ...