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Unbounded Passions: AGA Aquascape Winners 2016

by AMAZONAS Magazine | Feb 10, 2017 | AMAZONAS Excerpt, Freshwater

“The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.” —JOHN MUIR “Simply awesome,” said one veteran observer. “Even Takashi Amano himself would have been stopped in his tracks by this aquascape.” With a strong sense that the boundaries of underwater...

Friday Photospread: The Bizarre Thermometer Knifefish

by AMAZONAS Magazine | Feb 10, 2017 | AMAZONAS - Mike Tuccinardi, Freshwater

I’ve always been a sucker for the true oddballs of the aquarium fish world—the cryptic, colorless, weird-looking fish with few, if any, redeeming characteristics. If they’re known to be somewhat challenging to keep and likely to hide all the time, so much...

CARES Preservation Program Launches New Website

by AMAZONAS Magazine | Feb 10, 2017 | Freshwater, News & Notes

Aquarium hobby group CARES Preservation has officially launched its new website, www.caresforfish.org, which will serve as a central portal for tropical fish clubs and individuals who are interested in participating in or supporting its non-profit conservation...

AMAZONAS Errata: Mislabeled Snake

by AMAZONAS Magazine | Feb 1, 2017 | AMAZONAS Errata

Astute reader Kevin Curty immediately caught this mistaken word choice and called us out on the AMAZONAS Magazine Facebook page. As he shared it: Yes. Because of an editing error, the word “poisonous” was used when it should have...

Biotope Video: Clearwater Creeks on the Lower Tapajós

by AMAZONAS Magazine | Jan 30, 2017 | AMAZONAS - Mike Tuccinardi, Freshwater

During my travels through the Amazon Basin last year, I spent a few days in and around the small, picturesque city of Santarem on the middle Amazon. Located about midway between between the much larger cities of Belem and Manaus, Santarém lies at the juncture of the...