Fish may seem to just swim around without much thought or character. But new research reported in Ecology and Evolution has suggested that actually, fish have personality, which they exhibit in their ...

Casting along a drop-off on the St. Croix River, I felt some sharp tugs. I thought this might be rocks or clams. But then the ...

There’s something oddly calming about watching fish move through water. No notifications, no noise, no rush – just a small world inside glass, carrying on quietly. Maybe that’s why freshwater ...

According to animal experimentation statistics, fish are the second most commonly used group of animals in research after mice. They play an important role in aquaculture and also serve as model ...

The ‘megafish’ living in southeast Asia’s Mekong River once faced extinction. A new rapid response system is helping reverse ...

Fish farming involves the rapidly expanding global practice of raising aquatic species to meet growing food demand. The majority of these have no protection under national animal welfare laws, and ...

Since passage of the Endangered Species Act 50 years ago, more than 1,700 plants, mammals, fish, insects and other species in the U.S. have been listed as threatened or endangered with extinction. Yet ...

CMFRI scientists identified a new species, *Cyttopsis indica* (Indian Dory), off Kerala's coast, previously misidentified as ...

Have you ever looked at two circles of exactly the same size and sworn one was larger? If so, your eyes have been tricked by the Ebbinghaus illusion, a classic example of how context can shape what we ...

Colorado Is Using Male Fish to Wipe Out an Invasive Species Without Chemicals or Traps ...