Seadragons (Phyllopetryx taeniolatus) live off the coast in western and southern Australia. An international team involving evolutionary biologist Axel Meyer from the University of Konstanz…
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A recently hatched bowfin larva facing to the left as seen through a microscope. Credit: M. Brent Hawkins International team of researchers sequence genome of…
Scientists prepare to collect near-bottom water aboard the R/V Pelican to verify oxygen measurements used to determine the size of the Gulf of Mexico hypoxic…
Up to 85 percent of historical salmon habitat has been lost in the Lower Fraser River in British Columbia. Credit: Photo by April Bencze /…
Fish are thought to adjust their tail stiffness in order to swim efficiently over a wide range of speeds, but how and when they tune…
Marine Ecologist Surprised To Find “Critically Endangered” Giant Sea Bass Thriving in Mexican Waters
I was looking at the seafloor, focused on identifying fish species as I normally did when diving off of the California coast, when suddenly I…
A CT scan image of the spiral intestine of a Pacific spiny dogfish shark (Squalus suckleyi). The beginning of the intestine is on the left,…
Researchers from the University of Tsukuba find that the combined effects of ocean warming and acidification in temperate marine ecosystems are resulting in a loss…
The striped pattern found in a monoatomic layer of bismuth is the same as that found in the pigmentation of certain tropical fish. Both are…
Ascension frigate. Credit: Sam Weber A vast seabird colony on Ascension Island creates a “halo” in which fewer fish live, new research shows. Ascension, a…
Human pollution is often evident from oil slicks and plastic drifting on shore, but many of the drugs that we consume also end up washing…
This image shows adult coelacanth scales. Credit: Laurent Ballesta Coelacanths may live five times longer than researchers expected. Once thought to be extinct, lobe-finned coelacanths…
There are more than 500 cichlid species in Africa’s Lake Malawi. They evolved from a few species that likely entered the lake about 3 million…
Algae bloom in Baltic Sea, where extreme blooms are a significant problem. Captured June 2016, by the European Space Agency Sentinel-3A satellite, which helps monitor,…
Lionfish, like the one seen here in Belize, can be devastating for the local ecosystems they invade. Credit: Luiz Rocha © California Academy of Sciences…
Landing a catch along the Ucayali River in the Loreto department of the Peruvian Amazon. The boy is holding a boquichico, a commonly consumed species.…
Amphiprion percula, a species of clownfish photographed in Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea. Credit: Tane Sinclair-Taylor The distinctive white stripes in clownfish form at different…
The MasSpec Pen can authenticate the type and purity of meat samples in as little as 15 seconds. Credit: Adapted from Journal of Agricultural and…
A new study published in Elementa by researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz and NOAA examines traditional aspects of seafood sustainability alongside greenhouse gas emissions…
Bottom-dwelling fish such as Atlantic cod are often found near structures such as shipwrecks. Credit: NOAA Study suggests reducing fishing and addressing environmental changes would…