The London Zoo is urgently seeking a female mate for the last-known males of a critically endangered fish species.

Biology - Plants & Animals

May 10, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and elsewhere have decoded the genome of the platyfish, a cousin of the guppy and a popular choice for home aquariums. Among scientists, ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Apr 15, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 1 |

Fishers near marine protected areas end up traveling farther to catch fish but maintain their social and economic well-being, according to a study by fisheries scientists at Washington State University and in Hawaii.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 05, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

Cichlid fish are more likely to accept immigrants into their group when they are under threat from predators and need reinforcements, new research shows. The researcher suggests that there are parallels between cooperatively ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

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Mycobacteriosis in fish is a disease that is difficult to detect and therefore often underdiagnosed. For the same reason, information about the effects of this disease on the fish farming industry has been ...

Biology - Ecology

Jan 15, 2013 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org)—Engineers at Stanford's Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics and the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute have developed autonomous underwater vehicles that can photograph regions of ...

Technology - Engineering

Nov 27, 2012 5 / 5 (4) 0 |

(Phys.org) -- Protected ocean areas known as marine reserves jumpstart the recovery of nearby commercial fishing areas after an environmental event, concludes a study of abalone by researchers from Stanford ...

Biology - Ecology

Jul 20, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 0 |

Philippine authorities seized some 1,500 live aquarium fish and about 150 live pieces of brain coral at a Manila pier Friday just before they were to be shipped to Japan.

Biology - Ecology

Jul 13, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

(Phys.org) -- In 2002, researchers from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute discovered a unique species of worms in the ocean that live off of the skeletons of dead fish and whales on the sea floor, ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jul 02, 2012 5 / 5 (4) 3 |

More than one billion people around the world depend upon fish for protein in their diet. But the threat of mercury poisoning, especially in children, has raised concerns about the safety of eating fish.

Space & Earth - Environment

Oct 13, 2011 5 / 5 (3) 1

An angry glare from the family goldfish might not be the result of a missed meal, but a too-humble abode. Fish in a cramped, barren space turn mean, a study from Case Western Reserve University has found. Ornamental fishes ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Sep 22, 2011 5 / 5 (2) 0 |

The sex life of Octopoteuthis deletron -- O. deletron, if you prefer -- is a cruelly hit-or-miss affair, according to candid footage of the deep-sea squid in its element, unveiled Wednesday.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Sep 21, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The extent to which sexual harassment from males can damage relationships between females is revealed in a new study. Led by the Centre for Research in Animal Behaviour at the University of ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

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