Articles tagged as Fish | Smithsonian Magazine

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

Humans take 14 times more adult biomass from the oceans than other marine predators.

Anthropocene

Modern Humans Have Become Superpredators

Most other predators target juveniles, but our species tends to kill more full-grown adults

August 20, 2015

The larger Pacific striped octopus uses unique prankster shoulder-tapping techniques to lure shrimp prey within arms' reach.

New Research

Tropical Octopus Definitely Mates Beak-to-Beak

Larger Pacific striped octopus couples engage in a host of behaviors unheard of among other octopuses

August 12, 2015

Corythomantis greeningi frogs carry potent venom in their pouts.

Ask Smithsonian

What’s the Difference Between Poisonous and Venomous Animals?

The first known venomous frogs, discovered in Brazil, raise some basic questions about toxic biology

August 6, 2015

Unlike the tails of almost all other animals, seahorse tails are more like square prisms than cylinders.

New Research

Why Seahorses Have Square Tails

Engineers show that the animals’ prism-like tails are mechanically superior to cylindrical ones

July 2, 2015

New Research

Smelling a Fish May Improve Critical Thinking Skills

New research shows that gross smells can foster a healthy sense of distrust

July 2, 2015

A collection of fish teeth and shark scales from the Early Cenozoic period.

New Research

After the Dinosaurs Died, Earth Experienced the Age of Fish

The fossil record shows how ray-finned fishes took over the planet’s oceans

July 2, 2015

A cownose ray caught as bycatch off the coast of Virginia

The SeaQualizer returns fish safely to the depths of the ocean

June 24, 2015

Cool Finds

Could the Sounds of Cod Having Sex Save a Species (and an Economy)?

Spying on “spawning haystacks” is helping fishermen make more money and biologists preserve a floundering fish population

June 17, 2015

American South

Sleep With the Fishes: The Best Places to Spend a Night Underwater

As the weather heats up, escape to these hotel rooms beneath the waves

June 16, 2015

New Research

In the Future, We Might Take Sunscreen in Pill Form

A discovery in some fish suggests that sunblocking chemicals could be ingested rather than slathered on

May 13, 2015