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This New Carbon Capture Project Turns Carbon Dioxide Into Fish Food
A Norwegian project hopes to reduce both pollution and lessen pressure on krill stocks
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An Abandoned Mall in Bangkok Has Turned into a Gigantic Fish Habitat
Though if it weren’t for the fish, the mall would be overrun with mosquitoes
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They’re not cute and cuddly, but they may be misunderstood, and scientists are rewriting the fish’s fearsome stereotype
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Chilean Devil Rays Found to Be Among the Deepest-Diving Animals in the Ocean
The surface-dwelling marine creatures regularly dive more than one mile deep, scientists find
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Fish Exposed to Oil From BP Gulf Spill Swim Half as Fast
This is the second study in several months suggesting that the BP Deepwater Horizon spill has had lasting harmful effects on fish
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Spiders All Over the World Have a Taste for Fish
Eight-legged predators probably prey on vertebrates much more often than arachnologists previously assumed
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President Obama Could Create the World’s Largest Marine Sanctuary
The protected zone would make a large area in the Pacific Ocean off limits to fishing and other environmentally harmful human activities
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This Catfish’s Whiskers Are Like Ultra-Sensitive pH Strips
Japanese sea catfish seek out worms in the pitch dark by detecting minute changes in water chemistry caused by their prey’s breathing
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This Weekend, Celebrate the World’s Weird and Wonderful Migratory Fishes
The first annual World Migratory Fish Day is making a splash with hundreds of outdoor, fish-centric events
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Sober Fish Willingly Play Follow-the-Leader With Drunk Fish
Do not try these experiments at home
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Young Fish Exposed to Deepwater Horizon Oil Develop Defects in Their Hearts
The impacts extend to economically valuable species such as tuna and amberjack
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Japan Plans to Halve the Number of Young Bluefin Tuna It Catches
Sushi might get more expensive, but tuna populations need the break
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This Little Minnow Will Be the First Fish Ever Taken Off the Endangered Species List
Thanks to successful conservation efforts, the Oregon chub has successfully rebounded from near-extinction
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The True Inner Beauty of Fishes
A biologist and a poet team up for a new exhibition at the Seattle Aquarium that features images of bleached and stained fish skeletons
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Two Pints of Water Can Contain the DNA of Thousands of Fish
Two pints of water from a 1.2 million gallon tank were all that was needed to identify 13,000 fish
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Ancient Walking Fish May Have Walked on All Fours
A fossilized pelvis shows the fish had functioning rear “legs”
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This Texas Teen’s Most Productive Fishing Hole Is the Sewer
Kyle Naegeli, 15, first discovered this unlikely fishing hole after he made a $5 bet with his dad
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The Coolest Science of 2013, in GIFs
This year, we saw dissolving electronics, flying meteors, gravity-defying chains and rotting pineapples
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Doomed Species May Be Saved—A Global Search Locates a Female
With this little fish facing down extinction, a global hunt turned up a few remaining wild individuals
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Allergies Can Be So Specific That a Person Can React to a Egg’s Yolk But Not Its Whites
Food allergies can be quite specific, triggered by a single species rather than entire genre such as “seafood”
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