Do fish have feelings? Science suggests so
Not only do fish have feelings, but this ability might have evolved hundreds of millions of years ago.
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Some sharks and rays live twice as long as we thought
The implications could be important for fish stock estimates.
Fish can have individual personalities too, new study says
Some Trinidadian guppies are far braver than others.
Appetite of Amazonian cities impact wildlife up to 1,000 km away
Lots of mouths to feed.
Bamboo sharks really have to put their back into eating — literally
Specifically, they put their shoulders into it.
Steaming fish makes for a healthier meal with fewer toxins
If you boil it, don't drink the fish stock.
Fanged blenny ‘heroin’-like venom could be the next super-painkiller
Tiny fish, big fangs, huge possibilities.
These fish have evolved the ability to leap onto land — to avoid being eaten
These fish are quite comfortable out of water.
The oceans are filled with song, and here’s a part of it
You could call it a flowing melody.
Hands and digits evolved from fish fins, groundbreaking study proves
Our beloved hands are coded by the same genes that make fish fins.
Fish urine keeps corals healthy, but we’re taking all the fish out of the water
Does this mean I have to pee in the pool now?
The world’s oceans have way more light producing fish than we imagined
There are scores of marine species that have evolved light emitting abilities -- as many as four in five ocean ...
Sharks usually eat meals smaller than one of yours
The voracious reputation of sharks might soon change as marine biologists uncover that most coral reef sharks eat pray smaller ...
Oceans are running out of fish – much faster than we thought
The global fish stocks are depleting at alarming rates, much faster than reported by the UN, a study found.
How some fish use polarized light to make themselves invisible to predators
You'd think there's not much a little fish can do to hide from predators in open waters. But when rocks, ...
Scientists figure out where enamel came from
Enamel, the hard, mineralized substance that covers your teeth originated on tough fish scales and then migrated to the teeth, ...
Thousands of Fish To Be Freed From Abandoned Mall in Thailand [with Photos]
The Bangkok's New World Mall is one of the most dystopian places on Earth - initially 11 stories high, now the ...
Ancient 420-million-year-old fossil hints of bony fish and cartilaginous fish common ancestor
Based on fossil evidence and genome analysis, scientists know that the two groups diverged from a common ancestor around 420 ...
Ancient 385-million-year old Fish pioneered Sex
Paleontologists have identified the first known animals that used internal fertilization instead of spawning - armor-coated swimmers, called antiarchs, which lived ...
Not only do fish feel pain, but they also multi task and even have cultural traditions
Do you still think that fish don't feel pain? That we shouldn't really care how we catch or treat them? ...
Robot fish is remarkably similar to the real thing
PHOTO: MIT Isaac Asimov, the father of the three laws of robotics, made some startling predictions many years ago about ...
New Arapaima species discovered in Amazon: a giant fish that can breath air
A diver shares a tank with an adult arapaima fish at an aquarium in Manaus, Brazil. Known as the pirarucu ...
Prehistoric fish had the earliest face recognized thus far
This primitive fish might be the first animal with a face. (c) Nature A lot of complex organisms, be them ...
Faith in humanity restored: disabled pet fish that can’t swim fitted with life jacket
This isn't a cyborg gold fish from a borg's aquarium, this little amazing fellow is called Einstein. He unfortunately ended ...
This fish likes to play rough: the male has four hooks on its genitalia
Biologists have found a new species of fresh water fish east-central Mexican waters, and what they discovered was more than they ...
Seagrass on ocean coasts can store twice as much carbon as tropical rainforests, yet face destruction
A new research from a team of international marine geoscientists has found that seagrass meadows, found in coastal regions, can ...
Ocean life threatened by mass extinction
Climate change and over-fishing are held responsible for the swift collapse of coral reefs and the propagation of mass extinction ...
No, what you’re seeing isn’t a road
When I saw this picture, it was morning, my eyes hadn't opened up quite yet, and I thought "what's so ...
Photosynthesis – not just for plants anymore
As any fourth grader will tell you, photosynthesis is (in layman terms), the process through which plants (and bacteria, algae, ...
Amazingly long fish filmed
Mark Benfield from Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge was undertaking a survey when he spotted this amazing oarfish at about ...
9 amazing displays of fossil art
Art is a relative term, especially in these modern times. In its most accepted term, art is the deliberate process ...
Fish that communicate by getting red
Most fish can't even recognize the color red - let alone use it for some precise purpose. However, the exception ...
Crawling, not swimming fish discovered
A University of Washington fish expert claims to have discovered a whole new species of fish, that would rather crawl ...
