Fish News
February 11, 2025
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Feb. 10, 2025 — In swarm research, a new method makes it possible to track the eye movements of fish automatically, non-invasively and in 3D. Researchers explain why this is important for understanding the 'rules of the ...
Feb. 7, 2025 — Researchers have analyzed the soft tissue from a fossilized plesiosaur for the first time. The results show that the long-necked marine reptile had both smooth and scaly skin. This was likely so it could both swim rapidly and move along rough ...
Feb. 6, 2025 — New research finds some baleen whale species call at such deep frequencies that they're completely undetectable by killer whales, which cannot hear sounds below 100 hertz. These also tend to be the ...
Feb. 5, 2025 — An international team of scientists has tentatively found some of the earliest indications of alcoholic drink production in the Patos Lagoon region of Brazil. State-of-the-art analysis of pottery ...
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Feb. 6, 2025 — Fish is a high-quality source of protein, containing omega-3 fatty acids and many other beneficial nutrients. However, the accumulation of toxic mercury also makes fish consumption a concern, of ...
Feb. 5, 2025 — A new study of the Great Barrier Reef has revealed that the network of no-take marine reserves supplies nearly half of the region's coral trout fishery ...
Feb. 4, 2025 — Computer models reveal how human-driven climate change will dramatically overhaul critical nutrient cycles in the ocean. Researchers report evidence that marine nutrient cycles -- essential for ...
Jan. 31, 2025 — DNA evidence has confirmed killer whales in Australia hunted a white shark for its liver. Based on DNA analysis from the bite wounds on the carcass ...
Jan. 13, 2025 — Researchers have witnessed behavior in the wild which could reveal critical clues about how the endangered whale shark ...
Jan. 30, 2025 — Sharks and rays have populated the world's oceans for around 450 million years, but more than a third of the species living today are severely threatened by overfishing and the loss of their habitat. ...
Jan. 29, 2025 — New research highlights the benefits of combining existing long-term plankton monitoring programs and emerging technologies in monitoring the health of our ...
Jan. 27, 2025 — One would think that a volcano was not the most hospitable place for living organisms. However, the Borealis Mud Volcano, at 400 m water depth, acts as a sanctuary for a number of marine ...
Jan. 21, 2025 — Smaller poops from smaller birds carry very low risk of foodborne pathogens on farms, finds a new ...
Jan. 19, 2025 — Ecologists have identified significant ecological risks associated with the release of hybrid groupers into Hong Kong's coastal waters, a practice ...
Earlier Headlines
Jan. 16, 2025 — Researchers have elucidated how a single photoreceptor in the pineal gland of zebrafish detects ...
Jan. 15, 2025 — Northern pike are moving through salt water to invade freshwater habitats in Southcentral Alaska, according to a new study. It's the first known documentation that northern pike are traveling ...
Jan. 15, 2025 — Small-scale fisheries play a significant but overlooked role in global fisheries production and are key to addressing hunger and malnutrition while supporting livelihoods around the world, according ...
Jan. 14, 2025 — Life on the Great Barrier Reef is undergoing big changes in the face of climate change and other human-caused pressures, a new study reveals. From food security to controlling seaweed and even making ...
Jan. 9, 2025 — A recent study has uncovered the surprising evolutionary origin of the mammalian outer ear, linking it to the gills of ancient fish and marine invertebrates. The research reveals that both structures ...
Jan. 8, 2025 — New research has found more than 200 measures to protect sharks and rays across the 22 coastal states of the Mediterranean region. However, while elasmobranchs have made it onto many policy agendas, ...
Jan. 7, 2025 — Researchers have uncovered a daily mating capacity for medaka, providing important insights into the relationship between the cost of gamete production and sexual ...
Jan. 6, 2025 — The tiny particles that shed from clothing, packaging and other plastic products are winding up in the fish that people eat, highlighting a need for technologies and strategies to reduce microfiber ...
Jan. 2, 2025 — An ancient brain circuit, which enables the eyes to reflexively rotate up as the body tilts down, tunes itself early in life as an animal develops, a new study ...
Dec. 26, 2024 — Artificial light can wake sleeping fish and attract predators, changing nighttime coral reef communities, according to new research using novel underwater infrared ...
Dec. 19, 2024 — A new study examines the correlation between fish yield and live coral habitats. Researchers analyzed the yields of nine fisheries dependent on Australia's Great Barrier Reef from 2016 to 2020. ...
Dec. 17, 2024 — A new study shows how one kind of bacteria, Vibrio cholerae, triggers painful intestinal contractions by activating the immune system. The research also finds a more general explanation for how the ...
Dec. 17, 2024 — A study shows how a single gene in Atlantic salmon can dramatically influence the timing of puberty -- a key factor for salmon life cycle and ...
Dec. 17, 2024 — Scientists are exploring a new model for carbon capture in low-oxygen aquatic environments, such as fisheries, that will help address rising global temperatures and could potentially be ...
Dec. 17, 2024 — By taking advantage of a 'giving up' behavior exhibited by zebrafish, the ability to image the fish's entire brain, and a unique virtual reality system, a team of researchers found ...
Dec. 13, 2024 — A new study offers new evidence that dietary changes may help reduce cancer cell growth in patients undergoing active surveillance, a treatment approach that involves regular monitoring of the cancer ...
Dec. 13, 2024 — The distribution of traditional wild food sources in the Republic of Sakha could change significantly, affecting the diets and incomes of Indigenous rural communities who depend on ...
Dec. 12, 2024 — A new analysis reveals that overfishing has caused populations of chondrichthyan fishes -- sharks, rays, and chimaeras -- to decline by more than 50 per cent since 1970. To determine the ...
Dec. 12, 2024 — In an effort to conserve sensitive species of fish, some sport fishing is entirely catch-and-release, meaning that the fish are returned to the water once brought ashore. However, too much fishing ...
Dec. 12, 2024 — Colony surveys of common murres, an Alaskan seabird, show the full effects of the 2014-16 marine heat wave known as 'the blob.' Analysis of 13 colonies surveyed between 2008 and 2022 finds ...
Thursday, January 16, 2025
Wednesday, January 15, 2025
- Invasive Pike Use Marine Corridors to Colonize New Alaska Territory
- Small-Scale Fisheries Essential to Global Nutrition, Livelihoods
Tuesday, January 14, 2025
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Thursday, December 26, 2024
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Tuesday, December 17, 2024
- 'Bad' Bacteria Can Trigger Painful Gut Contractions; New Research Shows How
- Salmon Genes Unlock Secrets of Puberty and Evolution
- Researchers Explore Carbon Capture in Fish Farms to Address Climate Change
- Discouraged Zebrafish Help Reveal How Ketamine Works in the Brain
Friday, December 13, 2024
- A Low Omega-6, Omega-3 Rich Diet and Fish Oil May Slow Prostate Cancer Growth
- Climate and Land Use Change Threaten Traditional Food Sources in Russia's Far East
Thursday, December 12, 2024
- Overfishing Has Halved Shark and Ray Populations Since 1970
- Uncovering Hidden Consequences of Catch-and-Release Sport Fishing
- Surveys Show Full Scale of Massive Die-Off of Common Murres Following the 'warm Blob' In the Pacific Ocean
- Unique Motor Control System of Anglerfish's Specialized 'fishing Rod' Discovered
- How Helicopter Parenting Protects Baby Reef Fish
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
Monday, December 9, 2024
- Climate Change Impacting Freshwater Fish Species
- Study Breaks the Silence on How Fish and Lizards Regenerate Hearing
Friday, December 6, 2024
Wednesday, December 4, 2024
Monday, December 2, 2024
- Climate Change Could Bring More Severe Bacterial Infections, Including in Corals
- DNA Engineered to Mimic Biological Catch Bonds
- Deep-Sea Marvels: How Anglerfish Defy Evolutionary Expectations
- Animal Products Improve Child Nutrition in Africa
Tuesday, November 26, 2024
Friday, November 22, 2024
Monday, November 18, 2024
Saturday, November 16, 2024
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
- The Blue-Green Sustainable Proteins of Seaweed May Soon Be on Your Plate
- Pioneering Research Shows Sea Life Will Struggle to Survive Future Global Warming
Tuesday, November 12, 2024
Tuesday, October 29, 2024
Monday, October 28, 2024
Friday, October 25, 2024
- A Natural Climate Change Laboratory in Japan Reveals the Adaptation Dynamics of Fishers
- Invasive Silver Carp Reduce Movement in Chicago-Area Water
Wednesday, October 23, 2024
Tuesday, October 22, 2024
- Invasive Flathead Catfish Impacting Susquehanna's Food Chain
- Researcher Works to Preserve the White Shark in the Mediterranean Sea
Monday, October 21, 2024
Friday, October 18, 2024
Thursday, October 17, 2024
- Concerning Levels of PFAS in Fish Miles Away from Large Contamination Source
- Aquaculture Uses Far More Wild Fish Than Previously Estimated, Study Finds
Wednesday, October 9, 2024
Monday, October 7, 2024
- Plenty More Fish in the Sea? Environmental Protections Account for Around 10 Percent of Fish Stocks on Coral Reefs
- Whale Shark Shipping Collisions May Increase as Oceans Warm
Friday, October 4, 2024
Thursday, October 3, 2024
Thursday, September 26, 2024
- These Fish Use Legs to Taste the Seafloor
- Genetic Rescue for Rare Red Foxes?
- Grazing Zooplankton Severely Impacted by Nanoplastic Particles
Wednesday, September 25, 2024
Monday, September 23, 2024
- Leading Scientists Redefine 'sustainability' To Save the Ocean and Feed a Hungry and Warming Planet
- All-Night Lights Change the Behavior of Fish, Even Into the Next Generation
Thursday, September 19, 2024
- Researchers Publish Breakthrough Study on How New Genes Evolve
- What's for Dinner? Scientists Unearth Key Clues to Cuisine of Resident Killer Whales
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
- Can the MIND Diet Lower the Risk of Memory Problems Later in Life?
- Even Marine Animals in Untouched Habitats Are at Risk from Human Impacts
Tuesday, September 17, 2024
- Highly-Sensitive Beaks Could Help Albatrosses and Penguins Find Their Food
- Antarctic Krill Can Lock Away Similar Levels of Carbon as Seagrass and Mangroves
Monday, September 16, 2024
Thursday, September 12, 2024
- New Fossil Fish Species Scales Up Evidence of Earth's Evolutionary March
- Zebrafish 'taste' Oxygen: A Breakthrough in Respiratory Biology
- Powered by Renewable Energy, Microbes Turn CO2 Into Protein and Vitamins
Wednesday, September 11, 2024
Tuesday, September 10, 2024
- Due to Humans, Salish Sea Waters Are Too Noisy for Resident Orcas to Hunt Successfully
- Surprising Hormone-Related Gene Activity Discovered in the Early Larval Stage of the Malabar Grouper
Monday, September 9, 2024
- Sharks Are Abandoning Stressed Coral Reefs in Warming Oceans
- How Japanese Eels Escape from Their Predator's Stomach
Friday, September 6, 2024
Thursday, September 5, 2024
- Regulatory Gene Influences Shape Recognition in Medaka Fish
- How Fish Guts Might Play a Role in Future Skin Care Products
Wednesday, September 4, 2024
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Friday, August 30, 2024
Thursday, August 29, 2024
- Number of Fish Species at Risk of Extinction Fivefold Higher Than Previous Estimates, According to a New Prediction
- Seeing the Future: Zebrafish Regenerates Fully Functional Photoreceptor Cells and Restores Its Vision
- Measuring Microplastic Pollution in the Marine Food Chain
Wednesday, August 28, 2024
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Monday, August 19, 2024
Thursday, August 15, 2024
- Blind Cavefish Have Extraordinary Taste Buds
- U.S. Capable of Achieving Seafood Independence
- As Human Activities Expand in Antarctica, Scientists Identify Crucial Conservation Sites
- Warming Waters and Nutrient Overload: A Dangerous Combination Threatening Our Rivers and Lakes
Wednesday, August 14, 2024
- Lake Erie Walleye Growth Is Driven by Parents' Size, Experience
- Historic Map Reveals How Mussel Farm Is Bringing Shellfish Reefs Back to the Seabed
- A Belly Full of Jelly
- Decoding the World's Largest Animal Genome
Friday, August 9, 2024
- Researchers Make Breakthrough in Understanding Species Abundance
- Largest Protein Yet Discovered Builds Algal Toxins