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A good eye will spot the black-marble jawfish next to the mimic octopus's arm

Fish Mimics Fish-Mimicking Octopus

The black-marble jawfish takes advantage of its coloring to blend in with an octopus and stay safe from predators

A great white shark off the coast of South Africa

The Secrets of a Shark Attack

In an attack against a Cape fur seal, a great white shark’s advantage comes down to physics

Yellow saddle goatfish

The Fish That Hunt Like Lions

Yellow saddle goatfish collaborate when one finds prey to chase

A leatherback turtle is just one of many predators in the ocean

Where the Pacific’s Predators Go

Scientists have found that predator species trade off between prey availability and water temperature in their travels

If you call someone a piranha, first make sure you've got the right fish

Find Your Fishy Metaphor

We’ve all used a fishy metaphor in the past, but use the wrong one and you can look pretty stupid

Asian carp, imported from China in 1973 to clean algae from Southern ponds, broke from their confines and infested the Mississippi River waterways.

Making the Best of Invasive Species

Garlic mustard and Asian carp can wreak havoc on their ecosystems, but do they have a future on your dinner plate?

Kemp's ridleys are the world's smallest sea turtles and are also the most endangered.

North America’s Most Endangered Animals

Snails, marmots, condors and coral reef are among the many species on the continent that are close to extinction

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The Shark That Will Give You More Nightmares Than Jaws

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A Colorful Zebrafish

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The Mimic Octopus

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How Sharks Sniff Out a Meal

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Photo Contest Finalist—A Chorus of Mackerel

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Picture of the Week—Young Fish Dart by a Jellyfish

A view upriver on the lower Congo River.

Evolution in the Deepest River in the World

New species are born in the turbulence of the Congo River

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The Eastern Pacific Black Ghost Shark

Hydrolagus melanophasma, a new species of fish, was named from specimens collected over the last several decades off the coast of California

Unknown in the Americas 30 years ago, lionfish have multiplied at a rate that is almost unheard of in marine history.

Invasion of the Lionfish

Voracious, venomous lionfish are the first exotic species to invade coral reefs. Now divers, fishermen—and cooks—are fighting back

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Picture of the Week—Pygmy Seahorse

A juvenile tapetail in the process of becoming an adult grows a huge liver.

A Fish Tale

A curator discovers that whalefishes, bignose fishes and tapetails are all really the same kind of fish at different life stages

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Environmental Film Festival Review: RiverWebs

Monday evening I saw another film from the Environmental Film Festival, a screening of RiverWebs at the Japan Information and Culture Center

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Around the Web: Name That Fish

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