WASHINGTON (Reuters) – For fish inhabiting the immense darkness of the deep sea, being ultra-black offers great camouflage in a fish-eat-fish world. Scientists studying some of these exotic creatures now have unraveled the secret behind their extreme color. Th... More »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – While people and other vertebrates are color blind in dim light, some deep-sea fish may possess keen color vision to thrive in the near total darkness of their extreme environment thanks to a unique genetic adaptation, scientists said on... More »
Mardy Fish is expected to be announced as the new captain of the U.S. Davis Cup team, according to multiple reports on Tuesday. A formal announcement is expected to occur Wednesday. The U.S. Tennis Association decided on the 37-year-old Fish to replace Jim Cou... More »
A hydrobiologist from the Hydrobiological Institute of Ohrid visually checks a trout during a method of artificial spawning, in Ohrid, Macedonia February 9, 2018. Picture taken February 9, 2018. REUTERS/Ognen Teofilovski OHRID, Macedonia (Reuters) – Macedonian... More »
The Amazon molly, an all-female species that engages in asexual reproduction, appears in a handout photo taken in a laboratory at the University of Wurzburg in Germany, provided February 12, 2018. Manfred Schartl/University of Wurzburg/Handout via REUTERS WASH... More »
A colorful reef fish called a tubelip wrasse is seen feeding on coral in this undated photo released by James Cook University researchers in Townsville, Queensland, Australia on June 5, 2017. Courtesy Victor Huertas and David Bellwood/Handout via REUTERS A kis... More »
Researchers sample water from the East River off New York as part of a study of fish DNA that is helping scientists to track migrations of species such as herring and bass to the region, in New York, U.S., October 30, 2015. Mark Stoeckle/Handout via REUTERS Sc... More »
A midshipman fish’s head is shown in this undated handout photo. Margaret Marchaterre/Courtesy of Cornell University/Handout via REUTERS In one of the marvels of nature, males of a fish species called the plainfin midshipman that dwells in Pacific coastal wate... More »
OSLO Some fish may cope with the changing chemistry of the oceans linked to global warming by permanently setting their body defenses to night-time levels, the time of day when they find sea water least hospitable, a study said on Monday. Man-made carbon dioxi... More »
(Reuters Health) – When mothers eat three sizeable servings of fish each week during pregnancy it may benefit children’s brains for years to come, according to a large study in Spain. Researchers followed nearly 2,000 mother-child pairs from the first trimeste... More »
LOS ANGELES El Nino’s warm currents have brought fish in an unexpected spectrum of shapes and colors from Mexican waters to the ocean off California’s coast, thrilling scientists with the sight of bright tropical species and giving anglers the chance of a once... More »
KANSAS CITY, Mo. Rarely is a trophy fish so easy to land. An animal control officer in Olathe, Kansas, recently hauled in a 60-pound (27-kg) carp that was lying in a drainage ditch. A man out for a walk last week spotted the fish and called police, city animal... More »
