Here's what you need to know about the fish and their role in the dispute: Koi are beautifully hued and expensive carp formally called nishikigoi in Japan. The fish, appreciated as “swimming ...

Archaeologists working in Central America have discovered a series of fishing-catching canals made by pre-Columbian Mayan ...

Archaeologists from the University of New Hampshire and the University of Vermont have uncovered a fish-trapping facility in ...

Long before the ancient Maya built temples, their predecessors were already altering the landscape of Central America’s ...

not a threat to other fish, easy to keep and colourful. The guppy variety that the KMC uses in its fight against dengue can thrive in canals and artificial reservoirs. A resident of a building in ...

The team then conducted digs in Belize’s Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary. The ancient fish canals, paired with holding ponds, were used to channel and catch freshwater species such as catfish.

The fish-trapping canals, built around 2000 BCE, continued to be used by their Mayan descendants until around 200 CE. "This is the earliest large-scale Archaic fish-trapping facility recorded in ...