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Archerfish Get an Eye Test
March 21, 2013 — A modified version of an eye test used to assess visual acuity in the military has been given to archerfish by scientists to help explain how these remarkable fish are able to accurately spit down ... > full story -
Genetic Analysis Calls for the Protection of Two Highly Endangered Portuguese Fish Species
March 21, 2013 — A chromosome study of the endemic Portuguese fish Squalius aradensis and S. torgalensis draws attention to their current status of highly endangered species. Rapid habitat loss in combination with ... > full story -
Some Alaskan Trout Use Flexible Guts for the Ultimate Binge Diet
March 20, 2013 — The stomach and intestines of certain trout double to quadruple in size during month-long eating binges in Alaska each August. The rest of the year, the fish live off their reserves and their ... > full story -
Can a Tropical Water Flea Invade European Lakes?
March 19, 2013 — Daphnia lumholtzi is a small crustacean that lives in the tropics. This plankton-like creature is also an invasive species in North America -- and so far, it has never been detected in Europe's lakes ... > full story -
Adoption and Risk Management in Fish: How Cichlids Prevent Their Young from Being Eaten
March 19, 2013 — For a variety of reasons, many humans choose to adopt children. More surprisingly, adoption is fairly widespread in the animal kingdom, even though it would seem to counteract the basic premise ... > full story -
Discards Ban Could Impact Seabird Populations
March 14, 2013 — Species of seabirds could successfully return to their natural foraging habits following changes to European fisheries policies, scientists have ... > full story -
New Fish Species Described from the Streams of Manyas Lake Basin, Turkey
March 8, 2013 — A new fish species, Alburnoides manyasensis, has been described from the Koca Stream drainage of Lake Manyas, Marmara Sea basin in Anatolia and is currently associated with only this specific ... > full story -
'Climate-Smart Strategies' Proposed for Spectacular US-Canadian Landscape
March 7, 2013 — A new report creates a conservation strategy that will promote wildlife resiliency in the Southern Canadian Rockies to the future impacts of climate change and road use. The report's "safe passages ... > full story -
Stocking Florida Bass in Texas Reservoirs May Alter Stream Systems Connected to Stocked Reservoirs
March 7, 2013 — A genetic analysis by biologists suggests that the stocking of Florida bass in Texas reservoirs impacts bass populations far beyond the actual stocking ... > full story -
Robotic Fish Gain New Sense: Navigate Water Currents and Turbulence
March 6, 2013 — Scientists have developed robots with a new sense -- lateral line sensing. All fish have this sensing organ but so far it had no technological counterpart on human-made underwater ... > full story
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