Mumbai − Jeremy Wade, freshwater detective, biologist and extreme angler, is breaking the surface and diving into the lairs of aquatic beasts with a new season of the River Monsters.

Animal Planet’s best-performing series ever for five years is back, and biologist and extreme angler Jeremy Wade is taking viewers along on the mysterious adventure of a lifetime.  This May, the month-long exploration starts on 4 May at 8pm with a two-hour special called Amazon Titanic.  Re-told by witnesses and passengers who survived the sinking of the Sobra Santos, it’s a horrific and poignant story of one of the Amazon’s largest maritime disasters.  That night, as many as 200 passengers lost their lives, and something in the water is being blamed for many of the deaths. Wade is hell bent on finding out what is was… or is.

River Monsters will air Monday to Friday from 8pm to 10pm, all through May on Animal Planet.

This season is one of Wade’s most challenging.  He travels to locations so remote to solve mysteries so bizarre that he must dedicate an entire year in South America to catch the freshwater culprits thought to be behind human attacks. From the politically charged intersection of Brazil, Colombia and Peru, to the remote and secluded home of a rainforest tribe, Wade is crisscrossing the continent to tackle each incident and reel in each dangerous catch. While freshwater fish are normally on his suspects list, on one hunt, he forgoes rod and reel going deep underwater into a creature’s lair to catch the culprit that is most definitely not a fish!  Jeremy also investigates tales of the legendary Loch Ness monster in Ireland.

“I’ve been fishing the world for decades, but it’s the Amazon that keeps calling me back,” noted Jeremy Wade.  “Now, I’m returning to solve the mission of a lifetime to spend an entire year going farther, deeper and more remote than I’ve even been before.”

The month-long series is packed with thrilling mysteries that include the following episodes:

Amazon Titanic: After more than 200 passengers perished on a river boat on a pitch-black night and rumors circulated that something picked off survivors in the water as they attempted to get to shore, Wade is on the hunt to find out exactly what fish was behind this massive attack.

Legend of Loss Ness: Jeremy Wade is on a mission to track down the famous monster of Loch Ness. His journey even takes him to the volcanoes of Iceland – but can he succeed where so many have failed?

Lair of Giants: Jeremy Wade explores the Essequibo, Guyana’s largest river. Armed with only old journals and his rod, Jeremy is on a mission to discover if monsters of the past still exist.

Man-Eating Monster: Locals call it the lau-lau, a creature so huge it’s said to swallow men whole, and Wade sets his sight on a specimen that is colossal in size and strength.

Bone Crusher: When Brazilian locals uncover a corpse with highly unusual injuries and then an increase in missing persons cases are reported, Wade must confront one of his greatest fears to solve the mystery.

Jungle Terminator: Three mysterious deaths in three countries lead Wade on an adventure where he must team up with a remote and secretive tribe that has a unique and death-defying way of catching these culprits!

River of Blood: A brutal underwater mutilation of a young man leads Wade to a face-to-face confrontation with one of South America’s greatest freshwater fighting fish that slashes and stalks its prey while living in one of Argentina’s most dangerous waterways.

Body Snatcher: In the remote rivers of Guyana, Wade is on the hunt for a potential news species and newest candidate for largest freshwater fish in the world – a legendary predator freshwater mermaid or siren that could be real.

Animal Planet’s River Monsters is a daily murder mystery, following Wade’s worldwide search for harrowing tales of man-eating fish with the hope of proving these freshwater mysteries as tall tales or frightening facts. Searching for a variety of aquatic attackers while navigating the globe’s waterways, Wade has taken his life-long passion and turned it into a full-time career. Wade’s River Monsters quests have him diving and reeling in fascinating and mysterious creatures – all alleged man killers…