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Protecting Fish from River Development
October 25, 2012 — Research in the UK is helping protect fish that inhabit rivers and estuaries impacted by dams and power ... > full story -
Archer Fish Hunt Insects With Water Jet Six Times Stronger Than Their Muscular Power
October 24, 2012 — Archer fish knock their insect prey out of overhanging vegetation with a jet of water several times more powerful than the fish's muscles. New research now shows that the fish generate this power ... > full story -
Helping North America's Marine Protected Areas Adapt to a Changing Climate
October 23, 2012 — The Commission for Environmental Cooperation has published Scientific Guidelines for Designing Resilient Marine Protected Area Networks in a Changing Climate in collaboration with the International ... > full story -
Rainbow Trout: Survival of the Shyest?
October 22, 2012 — A fish's personality can influence how it responds to, and learns from threats, according to a new study. The work, looking at how personality influences a fish's memory of a predator threat, shows ... > full story -
Sweden’s Only Coral Reef at Risk of Dying
October 22, 2012 — Sweden's only remaining cold-water coral reef, the Säcken reef in the Koster Fjord, is under threat of extinction. Because of that, researchers from the University of Gothenburg have started a ... > full story -
Fishy Physics: Adaptation Lets Silvery Fish Reflect Light Without Polarization, May Help Them Evade Predators
October 21, 2012 — Silvery fish such as herring, sardine and sprat have evolved special skin that gets around a basic law of physics, according to new research. Reflective surfaces polarize light, a phenomenon that ... > full story -
Scientists Identify Likely Origins of Vertebrate Air Breathing
October 16, 2012 — Scientists have identified what they think is the ancestral trait that allowed for the evolution of air breathing in ... > full story -
Fall Spawning by Atlantic Sturgeon in Virginia River
October 15, 2012 — Scientists studying the Atlantic sturgeon, one of the oldest species of fish in the world, have found evidence that the James River population in Virginia spawns in the ... > full story -
Antibiotic Contamination a Threat to Humans and the Environment
October 15, 2012 — More than 10,000 tons of antibiotics are consumed in Europe each year, and 30-60% pass through animals and humans completely unchanged. The different substances then reach the ocean via hospitals, ... > full story -
Fisheries Benefit from 400-Year-Old Tradition
October 11, 2012 — Coral reefs in Aceh, Indonesia are benefiting from a decidedly low-tech, traditional management system that dates back to the 17th century, new research ... > full story
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