Journal of Fish Biology

The different species of barbels in Lake Tana in northern Ethiopia have evolved from a common ancestor. When biologists from Wageningen University first described the fifteen species over twenty years ago, it was not yet ...

Oct 09, 2015 in Ecology

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It's not just humans who will be affected by the Great American Eclipse coming on Aug. 21 - expect animals to act strangely too.

Aug 11, 2017 in Plants & Animals

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For the first time a study led by researchers at Macquarie University has observed the presence of individual personality differences in Port Jackson sharks.

May 27, 2016 in Ecology

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Brownbanded bamboo sharks take the term "resourceful" to a whole new level. Steinhart Aquarium biologists at the California Academy of Sciences were taken aback when a shark egg case dropped by an adult bamboo shark showed ...

Jan 08, 2015 in Plants & Animals

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The dramatic video footage of a great white shark attacking the "REMUS SharkCam" autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) brought some of the highest ratings to Discovery Channel's Shark Week 2014 and went viral on the Internet.

Jan 11, 2016 in Plants & Animals

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Scientists have a better understanding of fish capable of living in highly saline estuaries following an in-depth study of the Leschenault Estuary in south-western Australia.

Jan 09, 2015 in Ecology

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(Phys.org) —A team of researchers with North-West University in Potchefstroom, South Africa has for the first time captured on video, a freshwater fish leaping out of the water and into the air to grab a flying bird. The ...

Jan 13, 2014 in Plants & Animals report

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Scientific discovery can come from anywhere, but few researchers can say the answers to their questions would come from the pea-sized bones in the head of a six-foot-long, 200-pound prehistoric freshwater fish.

Dec 21, 2016 in General Physics

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Jan G. Davidsen and his graduate students are spies. They use listening stations and special tags they attach to their subjects to track their movements. They follow their subjects winter and summer, day and night. They are ...

Oct 29, 2014 in Ecology

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Male cod may 'sing' to females during mating, suggests a new study investigating the sounds cod and pollack produce during the spawning season.

Apr 14, 2014 in Ecology

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