The ancient coelacanth, a lobe-finned fish, is a “living fossil” in every sense of the term. Biologists believe this supreme ...

A new study suggests that estimates of the health of the world’s fisheries may be too optimistic. By Manuela Andreoni Counting the number of fish in the ocean may well be one of science’s ...

We might not always want to think too hard about it but can be strange to imagine that our fish (or maybe just their ...

They cover less than 1% of the planet’s total surface, yet they’re home to almost a quarter of all vertebrate species – including over half of all the world’s fish species ... of a disproportionate ...

Also known as the rock sturgeon, the lake sturgeon is one of 27 species of sturgeon, a family of bony fish that found around the world that first appears in the fossil record more than 200 million ...

I write about the world of biology. In the vast, open water, fish rarely ... the large number of moving targets can make it difficult for a predator to single out and track one individual fish.

If you're a big fan of fish, then you have come to the right place! Perhaps you've gotten into a routine of cooking the same ...

The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission has temporarily reduced the number of steelhead fish it is stocking. Here's what's ...

Many fish stocks around the world are either threatened by overfishing or have already collapsed. One of the main reasons ... Moreover, the number of collapsed stocks (those with less than ten ...

FROM bungee jumping off a viaduct to the ruins of a medieval abbey that inspired Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Whitby has been named ...

A creature of bewitching contrasts, the otter is ‘an animal that might have been specifically designed to please a child’ and ...