News tagged with fish specimens

Study finds plastic in nine percent of 'garbage patch' fishes

The first scientific results from an ambitious voyage led by a group of graduate students from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego offer a stark view of human pollution and its infiltration ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 30, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Crowdsourcing science: Researcher uses Facebook to identify thousands of fish

Facebook is well-known for connecting friends, publicizing events and allowing people ample space to procrastinate online.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 13, 2011 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

New fish discovered in the Bellingshausen Sea

(PhysOrg.com) -- The new species of Antarctic fish, Gosztonyia antarctica, has been discovered at a depth of 650 metres in the Bellingshausen Sea in the Antarctic Ocean, an area which has not been studied ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 06, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (9) | comments 0

Fossil fish shows oldest live birth

(PhysOrg.com) -- A 380-million-year-old fossil fish that shows an unborn embryo and umbilical cord has been discovered, scientists report in the journal Nature.

Biology /

created Feb 25, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 0