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Mandarinfish (Synchiropus splendidus) is a small, brightly colored member of the dragonet family. Machine learning enables largest study to date on aesthetic preferences and fish…
Large predatory fish are expected to lag behind temperature shifts due to food-web dynamics. Sophisticated model reveals how predator-prey relationships affect species’ ranges. Warming of…
Stingray. Zebra mbuna (a species of cichlid fish) and stingrays can add and subtract one from the numbers one to five, according to a study…
The Antarctic spiny plunderfish (Harpagifer antarcticus). Credit: Lloyd Peck, British Antarctic Survey Antarctic fish have adapted over millennia to survive in the freezing temperatures of…
The research team finds Atlantic cod in the Arctic Ocean. Credit: UFA Show & Factual, Germany Single individuals of Atlantic cod and squid occur much…
A new study finds that using lighted nets greatly reduced accidental bycatch of sharks, rays, sea turtles, and unwanted finfish. Credit: NOAA Fisheries LED illuminated…
Deploying streamer lines behind boats in Alaska longline fisheries has saved thousands of seabirds from being accidentally caught each year. Credit: Ed Melvin/Washington Sea Grant…
“Total Surprise” As Massive Icefish Breeding Colony With 60 Million Active Nests Found in Antarctica
Icefish in the Weddell Sea. Credit: PS118, AWI OFOBS team Researchers reporting in the journal Current Biology on January 13, 2022, have discovered a massive…
Nests of icefish. Credit: AWI OFOBS Team Researchers detect around 60 million nests of Antarctic icefish over a 240 square kilometers area in the Weddell…
This photo shows a school of sulfur mollies. CreditL Juliane Lukas In the sports arena, spectators sometimes create a spectacle known as a wave, as…
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…
A Guinea worm emerging from a dog’s leg. Credit: Jared Wilson-Aggarwal Efforts to eradicate a human parasitic disease are being hampered by dogs eating infected…
Salmon can colonize newly created streams, but face many other challenges from climate change. Credit: Freshwaters Illustrated Retreating glaciers in the Pacific mountains of western…
Industrial fishing over the past century appears to have broken a law of nature. Surprising as it sounds, all life forms in the ocean, from…
Baby Deinonychus investigates a Sciroseps pawhuskai on the charred remains of a cycad. Credit: Illustration by Brian Engh, http://dontmesswithdinosaurs.com UW Oshkosh vertebrate paleontologist on research…
May 9, 2021 The southern coasts of this Chinese island are lined with tropical beaches, while the inner bays are lined with floating fishing villages.…
This image shows fish and coral. Credit: Tyler Eddy Coral reefs around the world are under threat because of climate change, overfishing, pollution, and more.…
Bluefin tuna, a long-lived migratory species that accumulates mercury as it ages, can be used as a global barometer of the heavy metal and the…