Experiment Shows That Fish Can Recognize Human Faces
A new study published in Scientific Reports shows that archerfish are capable of learning and recognizing human faces with a high degree of accuracy. LINK …
Tagfish in the news
Young Fish Get Hooked on Plastic Microbeads
European researchers have discovered that larval fish love to gobble up those plastic microbeads, which stunts their growth and makes them more vulnerable to predators. …
Roosterfish, Named “Ricky Ranchero”
The roosterfish Ricky Ranchero was caught, tagged and released on April 22nd only to be caught again 14 days later and 3.5 miles away on …
Aquatic cocaine
Fish bladders are latest Mexican smuggling commodity. Few items are as desired as the totoaba bladder, what one shopkeeper called the “Mercedes-Benz” of dried fish. …
Scientists study steelhead for salmon’s secrets
Scientists think that steelhead in Oregon might hold a clue to what compels salmon to return to the stream where they were born to spawn. …
Rainbow populations looking good in the Madison
Two decades ago, rainbow trout in the upper Madison River were struggling. Since then the numbers of adult rainbows in the river has grown dramatically. …
Should California’s striped bass be vilified as native-fish killers?
Despite striped bass having lived in California’s Central Valley for more than a century, agricultural interests are now pushing to thin the striped bass population. …
Glacier National Park reshuffles native trout
Temperature-sensitive species like bull trout and westslope cutthroat trout face growing risks from climate change and they’re being pushed out of their habitat by non-native …
Great Lakes fisheries expert: Time to forget salmon, go for native species
Salmon may be popular, but researchers say that popularity may need to take a back seat to sustainability and restoration should focus on native fish. …
Woman lands giant Yellowstone cutthroat trout
“Our fish biologists have handled tens of thousands of fish over the past couple decades and have never run across a cutthroat of that size.” …