The video may make swimmers everywhere (or at least in South America) recoil in horror, but such fish are rarely dangerous to people, says Zeb Hogan, a … Biologist Jeremy Wade takes journeys beneath the water in remote areas, to islands lost in time and out into the open ocean to investigate baffling, unsolved mysteries.
Frances Humphrey Lecture Series “Logan: THe Honorable Life and Scandalous Death of a western Lawman” by Jackie Borr Frances Humphrey Lecture Series “Nevada and the Campaigns for Women’s Voting Rights” by Joanne Goodwin, Ph.D. Bangkok, Thailand – Damming the mainstream of the lower Mekong River would represent a significant new threat to the survival of the Mekong giant catfish, one of the world’s largest and rarest freshwater fish, according to a new study commissioned by WWF. Scientists are trying to understand why 70 giant freshwater stingrays, some as big as a car, have been found dead in Thailand over the past few weeks. Zeb Hogan leads a multi-year effort to document the 30+ species of giant freshwater fish, the real life Loch Ness monsters of the aquatic world. Biologist Jeremy Wade takes journeys beneath the water in remote areas, to islands lost in time and out into the open ocean to investigate baffling, unsolved mysteries. With Jeremy Wade. Released on February 6, 2017 New joint project led by Dr. Zeb Hogan, National Geographic Fellow and host of the television show “Monster Fish,” on Nat Geo Wild. He achieved fame in the regional and independent circuits, as well as World Championship Wrestling (WCW), as "Dirty" Dutch Mantel. The die-off has been taking place in the Mae Klong River. (Photo: Zeb Hogan) The golden dorado, which migrates in rivers throughout the Parana-Paraguay basin. The Wonders of the Mekong project to promote sustainable rivers in Southeast Asia will officially launch in … “It’s very sad,” Zeb Hogan, a fish biologist at the University of Nevada, Reno, tells Douglas Main of National Geographic. Photo courtesy of Zeb Hogan, University of Nevada Incredibly, the giant freshwater stingray wasn't described by scientists until 1990, though not because of any laziness on the scientists' part. Thai officials are currently studying the dead rays with the goal of figuring out what killed them. Aquatic ecologist Zeb Hogan gets up close and personal with bizarre giants of the water, specimens equally enormous in proportion and odd in appearance. It's been a secret kept for 27 years, but now Noelene Hogan, Crocodile Dundee's Paul Hogan's ex wife, has revealed the truth. In a photo provided by Zeb Hogan, UNR Global Water Center, the giant devil catfish, or goonch, is found in the rivers of Southeast Asia, and can measure nearly seven feet … The death last week of a 2.5-me­ter-long Mekong giant catfish, a cri­tically endangered species that’s con­sidered the largest freshwater fish in the world, has spurred fish­er­ies experts to set in motion a revision of the policy re­garding their catch.

Monster Fish with Zeb Hogan returns November 15 at 8/7c on Nat Geo Wild.