Most assume that cold water is deadly for fish. The truth is, nature has incredible exceptions. In polar oceans and snowy lakes where temperatures hov.
Some fish survive not by fighting, but by hiding in places predators would never think to search. This video reveals one species with an unusual hiding strategy that looks strange at first, yet offers ...
Risky business: But some fish can adapt We studied five tropical fish species and two temperate species across a 2,000km stretch of Australia's east coast, from the tropics to the cold temperate south ...
An invasive species of fish that can live out of water for short periods of time and can carry dangerous pathogens has been found in Eastern Canada, alarming experts. The Oriental Weatherfish was ...
As life on earth evolved, billions of creatures made the move from primordial ooze to life on land. For most, that eons-long transformation was a one-way trip. With the exception of amphibians—which ...
Chris Kehrer, science program manager at Port Royal Sound Foundation in South Carolina, recently answered a question I have wondered about since childhood. Why does the Atlantic croaker, a marine fish ...
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Clown anemonefish (Amphiprion percula) have a surprising survival strategy: they shrink in length — not just lose weight — to survive marine heat waves and avoid social conflicts, boosting their heat ...
Imagine a world where just six out of every 100 newborns make it to their teenage years, the rest unable to survive post-apocalyptic environmental conditions that have become too strange and dangerous ...