
ALT A giant fish called the arapaima is the focus of a conservation success story in the Brazilian Amazon. Scientists have worked with local villages to protect the commercially valuable fish from poachers while allowing villagers to profit from a sustainable arapaima harvest. The project has spurred development and led to the protection of some 150,000 km2 of tropical forest. Photo: Michael Dantas/AFP via Getty Images

ALT Chugá-Puetate KP, Peñaranda-Valla M, Escobar-Camacho D, Valdiviezo-Rivera J, Rivadeneira JF (2026) Cryptic diversity in 𝐴𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑝𝑢𝑠 (Siluriformes: Astroblepidae): Integrative taxonomy reveals evolutionary complexity in the Esmeraldas River Basin, Ecuador. PLoS One 21(4): e0343879. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0343879






























