Fish(Page 3)

Whether stream or ocean, the diversity and science of fish goes deep. This is the latest on the science of swimmers.

Latest in Fish

Watch the world’s fastest fish on an epic tuna hunt
Environment

Watch the world’s fastest fish on an epic tuna hunt

By Sage Marshall/Field & Stream

Millions of dead crabs ended up in the deep sea. Scientists still aren’t sure why.
Environment

Millions of dead crabs ended up in the deep sea. Scientists still aren’t sure why.

By Fanni Szakal / Hakai Magazine

Underwater snake robot from MIT
Technology

This robot eel could be the start of a new breed of ‘voxel’ robots

By Andrew Paul

A fossilized fish brain alongside of a penny for size comparison.
Science

Scientists find 319-million-year-old fossilized fish brain

By Laura Baisas

Two translucent Golden-line Barbell fish, also known as Sinocyclocheilus hyalinus, swim in a tank at Taipei, Taiwan on June 2, 2005.
Environment

Unicorns do exist—as a cave fish in China

By Laura Baisas

What to do when your fishing lure hooks a bird, otter—or gator
DIY

What to do when your fishing lure hooks a bird, otter—or gator

By Joe Cermele/Field & Stream

Plastic, pollution, and prescription drugs are making fish act erratically
Environment

Plastic, pollution, and prescription drugs are making fish act erratically

By Doug Johnson/Undark

Pitcher plant with two dead spotted salamanders captured for photography awards
Environment

13 otherworldly photos that were actually taken on Earth

By Popular Science Team

Grilled bass on a bed of vegetables.
Environment

Freshwater fish are loaded with ‘forever chemicals’

By Laura Baisas

an orange spotted fish with a white line that stretches across its body
Science

What rockfish genes can teach humans about living past 100

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

A crab’s biggest turn off? Ship noises.
Environment

A crab’s biggest turn off? Ship noises.

By Brian Owens / Hakai Magazine

The Jewel Damselfish on off of a rat-free island.
Environment

Invasive rats are making some reef fish more peaceful, and that’s bad, actually

By Laura Baisas

Zebrafish swimming in an aquarium.
Environment

A primitive part of the zebrafish brain helps them find their way home

By Laura Baisas

Dolphins aren’t afraid of a little hot sauce
Environment

Dolphins aren’t afraid of a little hot sauce

By Sarah Keartes / Hakai Magazine

How kelp farming is helping revive the economy and ecology of a Long Island bay
Environment

How kelp farming is helping revive the economy and ecology of a Long Island bay

By Iris M. Crawford / Nexus Media

Schools of herring are filling a once-dead waterway
Environment

Schools of herring are filling a once-dead waterway

By Lauren Kaljur / Hakai Magazine

What new mining projects could mean for Alaskan salmon
Environment

What new mining projects could mean for Alaskan salmon

By Becki Robins / Undark

Ocean plastic ‘vacuums’ are sucking up marine life along with trash
Environment

Ocean plastic ‘vacuums’ are sucking up marine life along with trash

By Carla Delgado

Unraveling the mystery of eel sex
Environment

Unraveling the mystery of eel sex

By Christina Couch / Hakai Magazine

Italian chefs are cooking up a solution to booming jellyfish populations
Environment

Italian chefs are cooking up a solution to booming jellyfish populations

By Agostino Petroni / Hakai Magazine

Multicolored soldierfish swimming past a reef
Environment

Fish populations thrive near marine protected areas—and so do fishers

By Laura Baisas

Lab-grown coral
Environment

Scientists grow stunning, endangered coral in a lab

By Alex Riley / Hakai Magazine

Even mining in shallow waters is bad news for the environment
Environment

Even mining in shallow waters is bad news for the environment

By Carla Delgado

Fish got their jaws millions of years earlier than previously thought
Science

Fish got their jaws millions of years earlier than previously thought

By Laura Baisas

Bowl of mussels.
Environment

Eating seafood can be more sustainable and healthy than red meat

By Carla Delgado

Fish kill in Lake Merritt, Oakland, California, from algae bloom seen from above
Environment

California’s mega algae bloom is like a ‘wildfire in the water’

By Emily Harwitz / High Country News

A blue whale near Sri Lanka and a container ship.
Environment

World’s largest shipping company reroutes ships to protect world’s largest animals

By Laura Baisas

A cooked lobster claw.
Environment

Eating sustainably may mean skipping the lobster for now

By Laura Baisas

A bluefin tuna swimming in the open ocean.
Environment

Where food is scarce, ocean predators find snacks in swirling eddies

By Laura Baisas

Tropical Fish on a coral reef and Doublebar bream.
Environment

For marine life to survive, we must cut carbon emissions

By Laura Baisas

Orange male betta fish surrounded by eggs in a greenery-filled aquarium
Environment

Captive fish have feelings we’re just beginning to understand

By Brandon Keim

a semi-translucent fish with a tadpole-shaped body and small flecks of red and yellow
Environment

Biofluorescent snailfish brave Arctic waters with built-in antifreeze

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

Rio Grande silvery minnow endangered fish on black background
Environment

An endangered fish’s story follows the vanishing waters of the Rio Grande

By Miyo McGinn

Alaska chum salmon
Environment

Alaska’s salmon are in chaos

By Victoria Petersen / High Country News

Fish raining from sky on local news
Environment

We may know why fish rained from the sky over Texas

By Paul Richards / Field & Stream

Giant freshwater fish
Environment

This is the largest freshwater fish ever caught

By Paul Richards / Field & Stream

A recreation of Yorkicystis haefneri, a historic creature
Environment

This strange 500-million-year-old sea urchin relative lost its skeleton

By Samuel Zamora / The Conversation

remora fish attached to swimming manta ray
Environment

This amphibious drone hitchhikes like a suckerfish

By Charlotte Hu

A photo of a salmon hybrid.
Environment

This wild salmon hybrid is raising concerns in Canada

By Kris Millgate/Field & Stream

Two adults and a child in a rowboat on a calm lake at sunset. The man at the bow is paddling, the man at the back is holding a fishing rod, and the child is sitting between them.
Environment

A casual angler’s guide to taking kids fishing for the first time

By Jean Levasseur

A photo of perch on a fish smoker being smoked.
Environment

Everything you need to smoke fish

By Jack Hennessy / Field & Stream

fluorescent view of an archerfish's skeleton and anatomy
Environment

An archerfish family tree is the best shot yet at the evolution of sniper fish

By Ella Weaver

Small brilliant colored reef fish with a pink face, yellow fins, and purple tail on a black background
Environment

This rainbow reef fish is just as magical as it looks

By Purbita Saha

A galloping horse.
Environment

Ancient sea creatures pioneered the gallop

By Kate Baggaley

Feathered Caudipteryx dinosaurs drinking from a sandy river among palm trees before the asteroid hit
Science

June was probably a terrible month to be a dinosaur. Here’s how we know.

By Michael J. Benton / The Conversation

a large, dark globe-shaped fish with a striking rod on the crown of its head. the bulb at the tip of the rod glows a cobalt blue
Environment

This anglerfish has mastered a trick to light up the depths of the Pacific Ocean

By Lauren J. Young

Icefish nests encircled in stones on the ocean floor
Environment

Icefish build bizarre undersea nests—and that’s just the beginning

By Shi En Kim

Nutrient-rich fish are thriving in a coral graveyard off the coast of Africa
Environment

Nutrient-rich fish are thriving in a coral graveyard off the coast of Africa

By Sara Kiley Watson

robot fish that mimics mosquitofish predator
Technology

Need to fight invasive fish? Just introduce a scary robot

By Charlotte Hu

Northern pike underwater
Environment

Fish can bounce back quickly from mercury pollution

By Kate Baggaley

The salmon of 2100 will have new habitat: the remains of melted glaciers
Environment

The salmon of 2100 will have new habitat: the remains of melted glaciers

By Kate Baggaley

coral reef
Science

Fish sounds tell us about underwater reefs—but we need better tech to really listen

By Charlotte Hu

Whatever you do, don’t set your pet goldfish free in a stream
Environment

Whatever you do, don’t set your pet goldfish free in a stream

By Mary Beth Griggs

a murmuration of starlings form a large sphere
Environment

Give your brain a break with these swirling bird and fish patterns

By Rachel Feltman

hagfish slime
Science

Here’s how hagfish slime gets 10,000 times bigger in 0.4 seconds

By Sara Chodosh

tetrapod fossil
Science

Our four-legged ancestors evolved from sea to land astonishingly quickly

By Philip Kiefer

Tuna Robot With Internal Overlay
Technology

A tuna robot reveals the art of gliding gracefully through water

By Charlotte Hu

Arctic Report: How To Feed Salmon To The World
Environment

Arctic Report: How To Feed Salmon To The World

By Breanna Draxler

Arctic Report: How To Sell A Single Fish To 11 Different Countries
Environment

Arctic Report: How To Sell A Single Fish To 11 Different Countries

By Breanna Draxler

These ancient deep-sea fish can live five times as long as biologists expected
Environment

These ancient deep-sea fish can live five times as long as biologists expected

By Grace Wade

pearlfish and a sea cucumber
Environment

This Fish Burrows Up A Sea Cucumber’s Anus For Safety (And Food)

By Matt Simon

Fish Pee May Be Helping Coral Reefs More Than We Think
Environment

Fish Pee May Be Helping Coral Reefs More Than We Think

By Meaghan Lee Callaghan

jellyfish
Environment

8 Ways Jellyfish Are Awesome And Terrifying

By Shaunacy Ferro

Shoreline
Environment

This rare ‘Finding Nemo’ fish mysteriously washed up on a California beach

By Hannah Seo