Although the species is renowned for its stunning appearance, wild bettas are smaller with shorter fins, and are a dull gray, green, olive, or brown. Before mating, the male spends hours blowing b ...

Betta fish are native to the shallow waters of Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Laos. In the wild, they inhabit rice paddies, floodplains, and slow-moving streams. These environments are often low ...

Did you know that the betta fish was domesticated over 1,000 years ago? Known as Siamese fighting fish (Betta splendens) in ...