Dracula fish, a bald songbird and a seven-metre (23 feet) tall carnivorous plant are among several unusual new species found in the Greater Mekong region last year, researchers said Wednesday.
Plants & Animals
Oct 6, 2010
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It has been thought that young fish, lacking well-developed hearing organs, could not perceive the sounds made by their larger, older relatives. Now, researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Biology have used a ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 29, 2010
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Fish farming can make food supplies more stable while itself becoming more sustainable, according to researchers in Hungary and Norway.
Molecular & Computational biology
Mar 6, 2023
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An international research team led by scientists from Estonian University of Life Sciences has for the first time sequenced and assembled the genome of the wels catfish (Silurus glanis). The maximum reported size of the wels ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 22, 2020
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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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Researchers in the Philippines are studying the genetics of local catfish to help protect them from becoming endangered.
Ecology
Mar 14, 2017
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Hiroshima University scientists have identified a new species of parasite infecting an invasive freshwater fish on the subtropical island of Okinawa, Japan. The results are part of a project to find parasites that have arrived ...
Ecology
Nov 25, 2016
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With 57 % of EU consumption being imported from China and Southeast Asia, European producers are facing fierce competition only aggravated by depleting fish stocks. Catfish production for instance is overrun by pangasius ...
Ecology
Jun 1, 2016
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In the catfish industry, it's well-known that hybrid catfish—a cross of the channel catfish with the blue catfish—generally have better growth, higher survival rates and better meat yield than purebred channel catfish. ...
Other
Dec 6, 2013
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Scientists discovered a tiny new species of catfish in the waters of Rio Rio Paraíba do Sul basin, Brazil. The new species Pareiorhina hyptiorhachis belongs to a genus of armored catfishes native to South America where and ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 9, 2013
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