Captivity Can Turn Fish Into Cannibals
According to recent research, wild fish cannibalism is uncommon. Even though mosquitofish and guppies are known to be cannibalistic in captivity, it is very improbable that…
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How Did Electric Eels Become Electric?
Researchers have discovered how electric fish acquired electric organs. Electric fish, like the electric eel, can distinguish other electric fish by species, sex, and even…
“Ugly” Reef Fish Are Most in Need of Conservation Support Due to Their Ecological Traits and Evolutionary History
Machine learning enables largest study to date on aesthetic preferences and fish ecology. What makes a fish beautiful to humans? Is it colorful, symmetrical, and…
Climate Change Will Reshuffle Marine Ecosystems in Unexpected Ways – “Like Putting Marine Biodiversity in a Blender”
Sophisticated model reveals how predator-prey relationships affect species’ ranges. Warming of the oceans due to climate change will mean fewer productive fish species to catch…
Fish Doing Math? Scientists Teach Zebra mbuna Fish and Stingrays To Add and Subtract
Zebra mbuna (a species of cichlid fish) and stingrays can add and subtract one from the numbers one to five, according to a study published…
Stunning New Species of Fish Discovered: The Rose-Veiled Fairy Wrasse
Stunning new-to-science fairy wrasse is first-ever fish described by a Maldivian scientist. Named after the country’s national flower, the species is added to the tree…
Life in the Freezer: First Evidence of Fundamental Growth Limitations in Antarctic Fish
Antarctic fish have adapted over millennia to survive in the freezing temperatures of the Southern Ocean. However, in doing so, they have lost their ability…
Big Surprise for Researchers When Unexpected Fish and Squid Found in the Central Arctic Ocean
Single Atlantic cod and squid can be found far further north than previously thought. In the midst of the Arctic Ocean, in deep water, scientists…
Win-Win: LED Lighted Nets Dramatically Reduce Bycatch of Wildlife While Making Fishing More Efficient
LED illuminated nets reduce bycatch of sharks and skates by an incredible 95 percent while maintaining catch rates of target species. In a win-win for…
Exploring Fish Flow: From Fisheries to Supper
Recent breakthroughs in multiple fields of study now allow researchers to follow the entire life cycle of ocean fishes—from when and where they are spawned,…
Shifting Ocean Closures Is Best Way To Protect Animals From Accidental Catch by Fishermen
Accidentally trapping sharks, seabirds, marine mammals, sea turtles, and other animals in fishing gear is one of the biggest barriers to making fisheries more sustainable…
“Total Surprise” As Massive Icefish Breeding Colony With 60 Million Active Nests Found in Antarctica
Researchers reporting in the journal Current Biology on January 13, 2022, have discovered a massive breeding colony of notothenioid icefish in Antarctica’s southern Weddell Sea….
“Spectacular Discovery” in Antarctica: Massive Icefish Breeding Colony With 60 Million Nests
Researchers detect around 60 million nests of Antarctic icefish over a 240 square kilometers area in the Weddell Sea. Near the Filchner Ice Shelf in…
These Fish Work Together by the Hundreds of Thousands To Do the Wave – Here’s Why
In the sports arena, spectators sometimes create a spectacle known as a wave, as successive groups stand up in unison to yell with arms in…
Tropical Fish Shoals Disrupted by Ocean Acidification and Warming
Researchers from the University of Adelaide have found that the way fish interact in groups is being upset by ocean acidification and global warming. “Fish…
Debilitating Human Parasite – Worms That Grow Up to 3 Feet Long in the Body – Transmitted via Dogs Eating Fish
Efforts to eradicate a human parasitic disease are being hampered by dogs eating infected fish, new research shows. Guinea worm disease is usually caught by…
Fish Predators Help Control Coral-Eating Crown-of-Thorns Starfish on Great Barrier Reef
Reef fish, such as emperors, tropical snappers, and rockcods, help keep numbers of coral-eating crown-of-thorns starfish in check on the Great Barrier Reef. Reef fish,…
Melting Glaciers May Produce Thousands of Miles of New Pacific Salmon Habitat
Retreating glaciers in the Pacific mountains of western North America could produce around 6,150 kilometers (3,820 miles) of new Pacific salmon habitat by the year…
