Catfish do not have arms or tongues to help them catch and swallow their prey—instead, a catfish ready to strike moves its head.
Plants & Animals
Apr 16, 2019
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Watching manatees gather in the crystalline waters of Blue Spring is one of Central Florida's outdoor treasures.
Plants & Animals
Apr 5, 2019
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Commercial fishing along the Upper Mississippi River has been sustainable over the past 60 years and hasn't negatively influenced fish populations or recreational fisheries, according to a University of Idaho-led study published ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 27, 2018
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The striped catfish Pangasianodon hypophthalmus makes its home in the legendary Mekong River, the longest river in Southeast Asia and largest inland fishery in the world. Vietnam stands as the leading producer of the species, ...
Biotechnology
Oct 25, 2018
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If you have engaged with internet culture at all in recent years, you have probably come across the term "catfish", first coined in the 2010 documentary of the same name.
Security
Jul 26, 2018
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There are other animals besides the cuckoo who smuggle their offspring into another animal's nest. The synodontis multipunctatus, which lives in Lake Tanganyika in Africa and is better known as the cuckoo catfish, is just ...
Ecology
May 10, 2018
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The Mekong River, one of the world's largest, traverses six Southeast Asian countries and supports the livelihoods of millions of people. New efforts to provide hydroelectric power to a growing and modernizing population ...
Environment
Mar 8, 2018
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A dangerous pathogen, which caused devastating losses in the aquaculture industry in the United States, has been detected in wild Australian catfish for the first time.
Ecology
Sep 18, 2017
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A fish named "Coco" is at the center of the first genome sequence for any catfish species.
Plants & Animals
May 1, 2017
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You've just discovered a unique, eyeless catfish from the murky bottoms of the Amazon River. What do you do?
Plants & Animals
Mar 15, 2017
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