The land of smiles

THINK OF SOUTH American fishes and we mostly think of species from the Amazon basin. Like all river basins, the Amazon has an edge, in this case, one of those edges is the Guiana Shield, a region rich

DR PETER BURGESS Peter is our disease expert. Send questions his way if you have pathogen problems. BOB MEHEN Bob is a master of fishkeeping general knowledge and community tanks. JEREMY GAY Jeremy is

WAY BACK WHEN I first started keeping fish I was instantly drawn to, what were at the time, the genus Corydoras. Their cute demeanour and the constant shuffling over the substrate had me captivated in

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Rivers and lakes form a sacred geography in the South Indian state of Kerala, where travellers can trace waterways that have been shaping myths, legends and religious practices for millennia

An ecosystem evolves across thousands of years, a biological interaction that is both intricate and fragile. The arrival of a new species can disrupt the balance, as we have seen in Britain with grey