Fish News
June 15, 2024
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June 13, 2024 Scientists found elevated mercury levels in dolphins in the U.S. Southeast. The highest levels were found in dolphins in Florida's St. Joseph and Choctawhatchee Bays. Researchers study dolphins because they are considered a sentinel species for ...
June 13, 2024 Paleontologists have identified a new genus of fossil goby, revealing evolutionary secrets of a lineage that stretches back millions of ...
June 12, 2024 In addition to its human consequences, cocaine trafficking harms the environment and threatens habitats important to dozens of species of migratory birds, according to a new ...
June 12, 2024 New research has identified 100-million-year-old fossilized bones discovered in western Queensland as belonging to a newly identified species of pterosaur, which was a formidable flying reptile that ...
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June 12, 2024 Researchers have found that germ cells, which develop into eggs and sperm, drive sex-dependent differences in lifespan in vertebrates. Female and male germ cells increase and reduce lifespan, ...
June 6, 2024 Swimming through turbulent water is easier for schooling fish compared to solitary swimmers, according to a new ...
May 30, 2024 Zebrafish in the pet trade are asymptomatic carriers of previously undescribed microbes, including a novel virus that causes hemorrhaging in infected ...
June 6, 2024 The annual killifish lives in regions with extreme drought. A research group now reports that the early embryogenesis of killifish diverges from that of other species. Unlike other fish, their body ...
June 5, 2024 New research has connected warming ocean temperatures to higher Pacific salmon abundance in the Canadian Arctic, an indicator that climate change is creating new corridors for the fish to expand ...
June 5, 2024 The identity of a prehistoric marine reptile has finally been revealed after experts discovered that some of its remains actually belonged to ...
June 5, 2024 A new genetic study found that heavy fishing in the early part of the fishing season may result in younger and smaller Atlantic salmon. This ...
June 3, 2024 The sharks we know today as the open ocean's top predators evolved from stubby bottom dwellers during a dramatic episode of global warming millions of years ...
May 30, 2024 Trout living in rivers polluted by metal from old mines across the British Isles are genetically 'isolated' from other trout, new research ...
May 29, 2024 62% of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) designated to protect rare migratory fish species are outside of their core habitats, according to a new ...
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May 28, 2024 The African turquoise killifish lives in ephemeral ponds in Zimbabwe and Mozambique. To survive the annual dry season, the fish's embryos enter a state of extreme suspended animation or ...
May 23, 2024 Virtual Reality experiments have illuminated the rhythmic glue that could keep animals moving in ...
May 23, 2024 Constantly on the hunt for food: Harbor porpoises more vulnerable than previously thought to the disturbances from humans. The small whales spend more than 60 percent of their day hunting small fish ...
May 23, 2024 Members of the vertebrate group including anglerfishes are unique in possessing a characteristic known as sexual parasitism, in which males temporarily attach or permanently fuse with females to ...
A Rise in Sea Urchins and Related Damage to Kelp Forests Impacts Oregon's Gray Whales and Their Food
May 21, 2024 A recent boom in the purple sea urchin population off the southern Oregon Coast appears to have had an indirect and negative impact on the gray whales that usually forage in the region, a new study ...
May 20, 2024 Variations in water quality can impact the development of the visual system of one species of African fish, suggests a new ...
May 20, 2024 Using citizen science, photographs, on-water observations and the combination of morphological and genetic data, researchers have provided evidence that the Atlantic cownose ray has recently made a ...
May 20, 2024 The study's findings show mergansers arrived in the New Zealand region at least seven million years ago from the Northern Hemisphere, in a separate colonisation event to that which led to the ...
May 17, 2024 A team explored the influence the spatial extent of research -- the geographical coverage of data collected -- has on evaluating the sensitivity of different fish species to climate ...
May 16, 2024 Sea otters are one of the few animals that use tools to access their food, and a new study has found that individual sea otters that use tools -- most of whom are female -- are able to eat larger ...
May 15, 2024 Scientists have discovered that colonies of gelatinous sea animals swim through the ocean in giant corkscrew shapes using coordinated jet propulsion, an unusual kind of locomotion that could inspire ...
May 15, 2024 A new study has confirmed a long-held assumption: that orcas take just one breath between dives. The researchers used drone footage and biological data from tags suction-cupped to 11 northern and ...
May 15, 2024 'Dust clouds' at the bottom of the deep sea, that will be created by deep-sea mining activities, descend at a short distance for the biggest part. Yet, a small portion of the stirred-up ...
May 13, 2024 Suddenly they appear and -- like the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus -- can trigger major epidemics: Viruses that nobody had on their radar. They are not really new, but they have changed genetically. In ...
May 9, 2024 After a century of functional extinction on the Australian mainland, a Flat oyster reef has been successfully restored along a metropolitan Adelaide ...
May 8, 2024 Scientists have confirmed the identity of an unusual, ancient and Endangered species of fish that is living in the coastal rivers of Queensland, about 1400 km north of where it was previously known ...
May 6, 2024 As the region reckons with its toxic history of offshore dumping off the California coast, new findings raise troubling questions about whether the banned pesticide remains a threat to wildlife and ...
May 3, 2024 A new study shows stony coral tissue loss disease is causing drastic changes in the Caribbean's population of corals, which is sure to disrupt the delicate balance of the ecosystem and threaten ...
May 2, 2024 Human activities account for 20% to more than 60% of toxic thallium entering the Baltic Sea over the past eight decades, according to new research. Currently, the amount of thallium, which is ...
May 2, 2024 Artificial intelligence analysis of data gathered by acoustic recording devices is a promising new tool for monitoring the marbled murrelet and other secretive, hard-to-study ...
Tuesday, May 28, 2024
Thursday, May 23, 2024
- Finding the Beat of Collective Animal Motion
- Constantly on the Hunt for Food: Harbor Porpoises More Vulnerable Than Previously Thought
- Sexual Parasitism Helped Anglerfish Invade the Deep Sea During a Time of Global Warming
Tuesday, May 21, 2024
- A Rise in Sea Urchins and Related Damage to Kelp Forests Impacts Oregon's Gray Whales and Their Food
Monday, May 20, 2024
- Cloudy Waters Causes African Fish to Develop Bigger Eyes
- After Hundreds of Years, Study Confirms Bermuda Now Home to Cownose Rays
- Evolutionary History of Extinct Duck Revealed
Friday, May 17, 2024
Thursday, May 16, 2024
Wednesday, May 15, 2024
- Jet-Propelled Sea Creatures Could Improve Ocean Robotics
- Killer Whales Breathe Just Once Between Dives, Study Confirms
- Final Dust Settles Slowly in the Deep Sea
Monday, May 13, 2024
Thursday, May 9, 2024
Wednesday, May 8, 2024
Monday, May 6, 2024
Friday, May 3, 2024
Thursday, May 2, 2024
- Human Activity Is Causing Toxic Thallium to Enter the Baltic Sea, According to New Study
- Artificial Intelligence Enhances Monitoring of Threatened Marbled Murrelet
Monday, April 29, 2024
Friday, April 26, 2024
Thursday, April 25, 2024
- Curiosity Promotes Biodiversity
- Herring Arrives Earlier in the Wadden Sea Due to Climate Change
- Scientists Replace Fishmeal in Aquaculture With Microbial Protein Derived from Soybean Processing Wastewater
- Unveiling the Lionfish Invasion in the Mediterranean Sea
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
- These Giant, Prehistoric Salmon Had Tusk-Like Teeth
- Unveiling the Mysteries of Cell Division in Embryos With Timelapse Photography
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Friday, April 19, 2024
Thursday, April 18, 2024
- Why Can Zebrafish Regenerate Damaged Heart Tissue, While Other Fish Species Cannot?
- Fourteen Years After the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, Endemic Fishes Face an Uncertain Future
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
- Reproductive Success Improves After a Single Generation in the Wild for Descendants of Some Hatchery-Origin Chinook Salmon
- Huge Database Gives Insight Into Salmon Patterns at Sea
Friday, April 12, 2024
Thursday, April 11, 2024
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
- Scientists Create Octopus Survival Guide to Minimize Impacts of Fishing
- 3D Mouth of an Ancient Jawless Fish Suggests They Were Filter-Feeders, Not Scavengers or Hunters
- Cold-Affinity Algae Species Are Gradually Being Replaced by Warm-Affinity Ones Off the Coast of Biscay
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
- What's Quieter Than a Fish? A School of Them
- Impact of Climate Change on Marine Life Much Bigger Than Previously Known
Friday, April 5, 2024
- In the Evolution of Walking, the Hip Bone Connected to the Rib Bones
- eDNA Methods Give a Real-Time Look at Coral Reef Health
Thursday, April 4, 2024
- What Four Decades of Canned Salmon Reveal About Marine Food Webs
- Adult Fish Struggle to Bounce Back in Marine Protected Areas
- Fish Species That Move Rapidly Toward the Poles Due to Global Warming Decline in Abundance, Study Finds
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
Monday, March 25, 2024
Thursday, March 21, 2024
- Rays Were More Diverse 150 Million Years Ago Than Previously Thought
- Entanglements of Humpback Whales in Fish Farms Rare -- And Naivety Could Be to Blame
- Forest, Stream Habitats Keep Energy Exchanges in Balance, Global Team Finds
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
- Killer Whales Use Specialized Hunting Techniques to Catch Marine Mammals in the Open Ocean
- Fish Fed to Farmed Salmon Should Be Part of Our Diet, Too, Study Suggests
Friday, March 15, 2024
Thursday, March 14, 2024
- Diverse Habitats Help Salmon Weather Unpredictable Climate Changes
- Sleep-Wake Rhythm: Fish Change Our Understanding of Sleep Regulation
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
- Marine Heat Waves Disrupt the Ocean Food Web in the Northeast Pacific Ocean
- Sonic Youth: Healthy Reef Sounds Increase Coral Settlement
Tuesday, March 12, 2024
Monday, March 11, 2024
Friday, March 8, 2024
Thursday, March 7, 2024
Wednesday, March 6, 2024
- Marine Algae Implants Could Boost Crop Yields
- Do Some Electric Fish Sense the World Through Comrades' Auras?
Tuesday, March 5, 2024
Friday, March 1, 2024
Thursday, February 29, 2024
Wednesday, February 28, 2024
Tuesday, February 27, 2024
- Walleye Struggle With Changes to Timing of Spring Thaw
- Extinctions Could Result as Fish Change Foraging Behavior in Response to Rising Temperatures
Monday, February 26, 2024
- 'Janitors' Of the Sea: Overharvested Sea Cucumbers Play Crucial Role in Protecting Coral
- Predatory Fish Use Rapid Color Changes to Coordinate Attacks
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
- Why Are Fish Getting Smaller as Waters Warm? It's Not Their Gills
- Mercury Levels in Tuna Remain Nearly Unchanged Since 1971
- Toxic Elements Found in Stranded Whales, Dolphins Over 15 Years
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
- Unlocking the Energetic Secrets of Collective Animal Movement: How Group Behavior Reduces Energy Costs in Fish
- Even Very Low Levels of Pesticide Exposure Can Affect Fish for Generations
- Artificial Reefs Help Preserve Coral Reefs by Shifting Divers Away from the Natural Ones, According to New Long-Term Study of One in Eilat
- Nature's Checkup: Surveying Biodiversity With Environmental DNA Sequencing
- Decline in Microbial Genetic Richness in the Western Arctic Ocean
Sunday, February 18, 2024
Thursday, February 15, 2024
Wednesday, February 14, 2024
- The Role of Jellies as a Food Source in the Arctic Winter
- Cold-Water Coral Traps Itself on Mountains in the Deep Sea
Tuesday, February 13, 2024
Friday, February 9, 2024
Tuesday, February 6, 2024
- How Kelp Forests Persisted Through the Large 2014-2016 Pacific Marine Heatwave
- Ancient Australian Air-Breathing Fish from 380 Million Years Ago
Monday, February 5, 2024
Thursday, February 1, 2024
- Zebrafish Navigate to Find Their Comfortable Temperature
- Clown Anemonefish Seem to Be Counting Bars and Laying Down the Law