This fish species survived 100,000 years without males. Scientists thought it should be long dead – but it's thriving

All-female species have been long thought of as evolutionary dead ends – but one fish has defied the odds to live without ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Meet the Museum Scientist Who Sails the Ocean and Sifts Through Seafood Markets to Identify Fishes

From field sites in Vietnam and the coast of West Africa to her laboratory in Washington, D.C., Kate Bemis applies her knowledge of fish diversity to support sustainable fisheries Naomi Greenberg Kate ...

Robot fish helps explain how real fish learned to move on land

Fish stranded on shore often look helpless, all flops and wriggles. But that clumsy scramble may follow a surprisingly ...

Robot fish could unravel how our ancient ancestors first learned to walk

Researchers have developed a fish-like robot that shows how some species of modern fish are able to walk on land, and could help unravel how early vertebrates evolved similar abilities hundreds of ...
Mongabay

Spectacular new fish species is first to be named by Maldivian scientist

A colorful reef fish from the Maldives is the first new-to-science species to be described by a Maldivian scientist. Cirrhilabrus finifenmaa has been named by Ahmed Najeeb, a biologist from the ...
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A new fish species has been named after Mr. Snuffleupagus from Sesame Street

The tiny little guy was first spotted in 2003 near Papua New Guinea by marine biologist David Harasti, who immediately ...