The open ocean is a harsh place for newborn fishes. From the minute larvae hatch from their eggs, their survival depends upon finding food and…
Unprecedented warming in equatorial Pacific Ocean could last up to seven years. A nuclear war could trigger an unprecedented El Niño-like warming episode in the…
From Brazil’s Amazon, researchers report “spooky interactions” among surface- and cave-dwelling electric fish, revealing shocking behavior of 300 blind cavefishes whose ancestors adopted life in…
A new study provides the first detailed documentation of a shallow water fish diving 450 feet deep to spawn. Uncovering this very rare spawning behavior…
Monthly fresh seafood trade dropped up to 43%, with total exports down 20% from January to August, rapid research project finds. The pandemic is putting…
Goby Fins Are Touchy-Feely Groping around in your bag for your keys can be a daily ordeal. I’m not going to list the catalog of…
Although less than one percent of all water in the world is freshwater, it is what we drink and use for agriculture. In other words,…
There Are Many More Angelfishes in the Sea Why do some fish species form hybrids while others don’t? In attempting to answer this question, new…
You want to be a leader? You’ve got to be fast! The spectacular and complex visual patterns created by animal groups moving together have fascinated…
Sharks’ non-bony skeletons were thought to be the template before bony internal skeletons evolved, but a new fossil discovery suggests otherwise. The discovery of a…
A comprehensive study of four salmon species across all regions of Alaska finds salmon are returning to rivers smaller and younger than in the past….
The discovery of altered adaptive immunity in anglerfish helps explain how the creatures are able to temporarily or permanently fuse with their mates without experiencing…
Deep-sea anglerfishes have evolved a curious reproductive strategy. Tiny males attach themselves to gigantic females so tightly that the tissues of the two animals eventually…
Packed pigment granules help them blend in without blowing their cover. If there were a stagehand of the sea, wearing black to disappear into the…
Ultra-black fish skin absorbs more than 99.5% of light in a new, extremely efficient way, a discovery that may advance high-tech optical and camouflage technology….
The origin of our teeth goes back more than 400 million years back in time, to the period when strange armored fish first developed jaws…
River water, lake water, and seawater contain DNA belonging to organisms such as animals and plants. Ecologists have begun to actively analyze such DNA molecules,…
Betta fish opponents undergo similar brain changes that become more synchronized after longer fights. When two betta fish are fighting for dominance, not only do…
