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Environment Dec 7, 2023

'Forever chemicals' found in freshwater fish, yet most states don't warn residents

Bill Eisenman has always fished. "Growing up, we ate whatever we caught—catfish, carp, freshwater drum," he said. "That was the only real source of fish in our diet as a family, and we ate a lot of it."

Plants & Animals Feb 15, 2023

Evolution in absolute darkness: New fish species discovered in India

An Indian-German team of researchers, including Senckenberg scientist Dr. Ralf Britz, has studied the catfish genus Horaglanis in the southern Indian state of Kerala. The tiny members of this genus, only about three centimeters ...

Plants & Animals May 21, 2018

Scientist set to tackle the mystery of Loch Ness

The story of the Loch Ness monster is one of the world's greatest mysteries. We have waited more than a thousand years for an answer on its existence. Now, it is only months away.

Plants & Animals Mar 15, 2017

Eyeless catfish named for discoverer's daughter

You've just discovered a unique, eyeless catfish from the murky bottoms of the Amazon River. What do you do?

Plants & Animals Jun 17, 2016

Rare, blind catfish never before found in US discovered in national park cave in Texas

An extremely rare eyeless catfish species previously known to exist only in Mexico has been discovered in Texas.

Earth Sciences Mar 28, 2014

Giant catfish and a legacy of disaster in one of the world's most seismically active regions

Greg Smits' interest in earthquakes began with a catfish. A book full of catfish, to be precise.

Plants & Animals Dec 14, 2012

New blind catfish and eel found in India

(Phys.org)—A research team in the southern Indian state of Kerala has discovered a new species of blind catfish living in a deep well. The newly discovered fish was named Horaglanis abdulkalami in honor of a former president ...

Plants & Animals Sep 20, 2012

Blind cavefish use teeth to find their way, research shows

(Phys.org)—In a single cave in Ecuador, a species of cavefish has evolved to do something perhaps unique to them, navigate with their teeth.

Ecology Sep 16, 2011

Fish to be rescued from Texas river amid drought

(AP) -- Wildlife biologists on Friday will evacuate two species of minnows from the shrinking waters of a West Texas river in the first of what could be several rescue operations involving fish affected by the state's worst ...

Plants & Animals Oct 26, 2010

Giant snakes, fish among spectacular species found in Amazon

Spectacular species previously unknown to the outside world are being discovered in the Amazon rainforest at a rate of one every three days, environment group WWF said in a report published Tuesday.

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