Deep Impact: Heat Waves Happen at the Bottom of the Ocean Too
First assessment of bottom marine heat waves opens a window on the deep. The 2013-2016 marine heat wave known as “The Blob” warmed a vast…
First assessment of bottom marine heat waves opens a window on the deep. The 2013-2016 marine heat wave known as “The Blob” warmed a vast…
According to a new study conducted by the ICM-CSIC, ocean warming will likely lead to smaller fish in the deep sea. This conclusion was reached…
The deep sea holds more than 90% of our oceans’ water, but only around one-third of all fish species. Scientists have long assumed that the…
The study adds a new, early chapter to the evolutionary tale of gills. Most fish species depend on their gills to breathe underwater. Less widely…
According to new research, ray-finned fish, now the most diverse group of backboned animals, were not as hard hit by a mass extinction event as…
A new dataset of intentional disabling of Automatic Identification System devices by fishing vessels provides insights into illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing activity. To avoid…
The discovery of a fossil “treasure hoard” illuminates the rise of fishes. Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences‘ Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology…
Rare Chinese fossil teeth have changed scientists’ beliefs about the evolution of vertebrates. An international team of scientists has found toothed fish remains that date…
Current advice warns women not to eat fish containing high quantities of mercury. The findings, which combined analysis of over 4,131 expectant women from the…
A study finds that high fish consumption is associated with an increased risk of melanoma. According to a large study of US adults published in…
Brain space provides new insights into ancient lungfish. The evolution of the brain and nervous system in animals has been wound back more than 400 million…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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-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…
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…