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Silverside fish are among the species protected by a new West Coast commercial fishing ban on foraging fish.

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NOAA Just Moved to Protect Puny Fish

Why a new ban is a big deal for the ocean’s tiniest creatures

April 5, 2016

Weird Animals

“Missing Link” Cave Fish Walks Like a Salamander

A fish that wiggles up waterfalls may help researchers understand how life shifted from water to land

March 25, 2016

What a Tiny Fish Can Tell Us About How Humans Stood Upright

What is the root of why our ancestors gained the power to walk on two feet and chimpanzees didn’t?

April 2016

New Research

As Oceans Warm, Little Penguins Are Left Hungry

The world’s smallest penguin is struggling to find fish in warmer waters

February 26, 2016

A black-belly dragonfish is just one of the small fish living in the mesopelagic zone 660 to 3300 feet below the surface of the ocean.

New Research

This Sound Might Mean Dinnertime in the Deep Sea

Researchers record a chorus of deep sea animals as they migrate through the ocean

February 25, 2016

The Pearl of Dubai is half adventure park, half marine sanctuary.

Can Underwater Resorts Actually Help Coral Reef Ecosystems?

A Los Angeles company is designing artificial reefs to boost local economies and marine habitat

February 23, 2016

One of Chef Bun Lai's recipes: A dish that features whole fried invasive lionfish at Fish Fish of Miami, Florida.

Bite Back Against Invasive Species at Your Next Meal

From seaweed to lionfish, invasive species are appearing on menus throughout the U.S.

February 9, 2016

Fish caught for drying in a village in Bangladesh

New Research

Overfishing Has Been Even Worse Than We Thought

Official counts previously overlooked fish as bycatch, small-scale fishing and illegal fishing

January 20, 2016

Deep Earth creepy crawlies, mushrooms making rain, and a Maya city buried in ash are just a few highlights from this year's collection of science stories.

Cool Science Stories You May Have Missed in 2015

Quantum spookiness, a Maya city buried in ash and more in this year’s surprising science

December 28, 2015

New Research

A New Species of Shark Gives a Hat Tip to Both Jaws and Ninjas

Some lucky kids got to name this gnarly-looking fish

December 24, 2015

This yellow-bellied watersnake gave birth without male contact in the last eight years.

Cool Finds

In Nature, Virgin Births Are Pretty Common

Fish do it, bugs do it, even some species of snakes do it

December 23, 2015

New Research

Darwin’s “Puddle” Could Show How New Species Emerge in Close Quarters

A genetic study of cichlid fish in a small crater lake seems to support a debated evolutionary concept

December 18, 2015

Lake Titicaca in myth is the birthplace of humanity, and the people who live on its shores depend on it for their livelihoods.

Age of Humans

What Are North American Trout Doing in Lake Titicaca?

The famous lake between Bolivia and Peru is struggling due to pollution, overfishing and the misguided intentions of almost 100 years ago

December 9, 2015

Cool Finds

Eased Sanctions Could Mean a Comeback for Iranian Caviar

Does this mean tough times for the endangered sturgeon?

November 20, 2015

Sustainable seafood or “Frankenfish”?

November 19, 2015

Behold the Blobfish

How a creature from the deep taught the world a lesson about the importance of being ugly

November 2015

With the lobster catch up sixfold in the last 30 years, can we eat without worry?

October 14, 2015

Hopsworks Urban Brewery is the first in the United States to be certified Salmon-Safe

October 2, 2015

A dead chinook, likely killed by disease, in the Elwha River in Washington

Fisheries managers are already struggling with low water and disease brought by warmth

August 27, 2015

Opah caught off the coast of Hawaii can weigh 200 pounds.

Taking the Temperature of the First Warmblooded Fish

What can the opah tell us about the deep blue sea

September 2015