(Phys.org) —New research conducted at Queen's University has discovered that polarized light vision, which is used for navigation and orientation by rainbow trout, changes with age.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Apr 25, 2013 not rated yet 0 |

Japanese scientists have successfully bred a type of salmon using surrogate parents of a different species, in a breakthrough that could help preserve endangered creatures, the chief researcher said Tuesday.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jan 15, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 2

Two distinct populations of rainbow trout -- one in Alaska, the other in Idaho -- share a genetic trait that could have huge implications for fisheries conservation and management, an eight-member research team reports.

Biology - Ecology

Nov 29, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 2 |

The nearly three century old method for naming newly discovered nature will face a rebellion this Friday at Yale University.

Biology - Other

Apr 14, 2011 4 / 5 (2) 2

Researchers from Upstate New York institutions, including the University at Buffalo, have documented elevated levels of two industrial pollutants in carp in eastern Lake Erie, adding to the body of scientific work demonstrating ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Jan 21, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 1 |

A fish's personality can influence how it responds to, and learns from threats, according to a new study by Professor Grant Brown from Concordia University in Canada and his colleagues. Their work, looking at how personality ...

Biology - Ecology

Oct 22, 2012 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org)—Fish populations around the world could soon be full of slow growing, unproductive 'couch potatoes' if the current levels of intensive fishing continue, according to Deakin University research.

Biology - Ecology

Sep 10, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 0

A Simon Fraser University fish-population statistician, working in collaboration with non-government organization scientists, has uncovered evidence of a potentially deadly virus in a freshwater sport fish ...

Biology - Ecology

Jul 19, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

A new way of testing the safety of natural and synthetic chemicals has been developed by scientists with funding from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC). Their research, published in the journal ...

Biology - Ecology

Jun 29, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

Scientists at the University of Plymouth have shown, for the first time in an animal, that nanoparticles have a detrimental effect on the brain and other parts of the central nervous system.

Nanotechnology - Bio & Medicine

Sep 19, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 1

Genetic research is showing that healthy steelhead runs in Pacific Northwest streams can depend heavily on the productivity of their stay-at-home counterparts, rainbow trout.

Biology - Ecology

Jan 31, 2011 5 / 5 (3) 0

A 10-year effort by a University of Rhode Island scientist to develop transgenic rainbow trout with enhanced muscle growth has yielded fish with what have been described as six-pack abs and muscular shoulders that could provide ...

Biology - Other

Mar 10, 2010 3 / 5 (1) 0

Feeding fish with plant-based raw materials has been shown to have a negative effect on Atlantic salmon's ability to digest fats.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 12, 2013 not rated yet 0

Norwegian researchers have been leading an international effort to make aquaculture more sustainable. In 10 years they have revolutionised fish feed.

Biology - Ecology

Nov 26, 2012 4.2 / 5 (5) 0

Little attention has been paid to the use of antibiotics in the aquaculture industry as one reason for the increase in bacteria resistant to antibiotics and the spread of such resistance to other bacteria.

Biology - Ecology

Nov 19, 2012 not rated yet 0