Fish(Page 4)

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

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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.

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.

Everything you need to smoke fish

By Jack Hennessy / Field & Stream

fluorescent view of an archerfish's skeleton and anatomy

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

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

This rainbow reef fish is just as magical as it looks

By Purbita Saha

A galloping horse.

Ancient sea creatures pioneered the gallop

By Kate Baggaley

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

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

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

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

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

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

By Sara Kiley Watson

robot fish that mimics mosquitofish predator

Need to fight invasive fish? Just introduce a scary robot

By Charlotte Hu

Northern pike underwater

Fish can bounce back quickly from mercury pollution

By Kate Baggaley

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

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

By Kate Baggaley

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

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

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

By Rachel Feltman

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

By Sara Chodosh

tetrapod fossil

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

By Philip Kiefer

Tuna Robot With Internal Overlay

A tuna robot reveals the art of gliding gracefully through water

By Charlotte Hu

Arctic Report: How To Feed Salmon To The World

Arctic Report: How To Feed Salmon To The World

By Breanna Draxler

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

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

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

pearlfish and a sea cucumber

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

Fish Pee May Be Helping Coral Reefs More Than We Think

Fish Pee May Be Helping Coral Reefs More Than We Think

By Meaghan Lee Callaghan

8 Ways Jellyfish Are Awesome And Terrifying

By Shaunacy Ferro

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

Close up view of a "giant larvacean" (blue tadpole-like animal) and its "inner house."

These animals build palaces out of their own snot

sea lion chasing a school of fish

Protecting 30 percent of the oceans would benefit the entire planet

fisherman holding a rope on a boat

Post-pandemic seafood could be more sustainable. Here’s how tech is driving the change.

By Virginia Gewin

This ancient fish-crocodile mashup snared its prey using a key adaptation

By Kate Baggaley

An orange truck spreading salt on a snowy airport runway

Fish blood could hold the answer to safer de-icing solutions during snowstorms

By Monika Bleszynski/The Conversation

A young girl fishes in a lake.

The happiness and heartbreak of a daughter’s first fishing trip

By Jonathon Klein/Field & Stream

Salmon are dying off and your car tires might be to blame

By Kate Baggaley

A pod of fish with red backs and green fins splashing in shallow running water.

North America’s biggest salmon run may no longer be in danger

By Alex Robinson / Outdoor Life

Scientists are tracking down deep sea creatures with free-floating DNA

The ultra-black Pacific black dragon (Idiacanthus antrostomus), the second-blackest fish studied by the research team.

These ultra-black fish camouflage with the darkness of the deep sea

a screenshot of a video game

Animal Crossing’s most elusive fish has a bizarre real-life backstory

By Popular Science Team

Captain Jake Hiles and 708-pound tuna that is the pending new state Virginia record.

Anglers in Virginia reeled in a 700-pound tuna, then threw a dinner party

By Doug Howlett/Field & Stream

The mangrove-lined estuary on Abaco Island in the Bahamas.

Millions of people’s food supply depends on super-urinating fish

By Kate Baggaley

Sahara desert at sunset.

The Sahara used to be full of fish

By Sara Kiley Watson

cassiopea jellyfish

Upside-down jellyfish lob tiny grenades to kill prey

By Kate Baggaley

two fish side by side with one poking a bone into the other, but in a sexy way

This ancient bony fish was a sexual pioneer

By Rachel Feltman

Releasing a redfish

Releasing a caught fish isn’t as simple as tossing it overboard

By Capt. Spud Woodward/Sportfishing Mag

artist rendition of jellyfish with implants

Bionic jellyfish can swim three times faster

By Kate Baggaley

cuttlefish with 3D glasses

Cuttlefish perceive depth—and they wore 3D glasses to prove it

By Sara Kiley Watson

A packed canoe on the shore in Bowron Lake Provincial Park, of Canada.

The 10 best canoe trips in the U.S. and Canada

By Ben Duchesney/Field & Stream

Magnificent ocean ghost stuns scientists

Magnificent ocean ghost stuns scientists

Turns out there’s a shocking number of electric eels, and some could give off 1,000 volts

Turns out there’s a shocking number of electric eels, and some could give off 1,000 volts

Zebrafish could teach humans a lot about the science of sleep

Zebrafish could teach humans a lot about the science of sleep

By Donavyn Coffey

The Atlantic cod’s migratory supergene comes at a cost

The Atlantic cod’s migratory supergene comes at a cost

By Donavyn Coffey

fish shoal close up

A 50-million-year-old school of fish is etched forever in this rare fossil

By Donavyn Coffey

chinook salmon ear stone otolith

The secret to saving salmon is lodged in their ears

Dinosaur extinction is an unsolved mystery. This ancient fish may have swallowed some crucial evidence.

Dinosaur extinction is an unsolved mystery. This ancient fish may have swallowed some crucial evidence.

By Neel V. Patel

The endangered species list is full of ghosts

Purple jellyfish float in the dark

The new jellyfish genome proves you don’t need weird genes to be a weirdo

By Charlie Wood

How we found a beautiful new species of snailfish deep beneath the sea

How we found a beautiful new species of snailfish deep beneath the sea

By Thomas Linley and Alan Jamieson/The Conversation

These fish build group homes that double as devious shrimp traps

These fish build group homes that double as devious shrimp traps

By Kate Baggaley

A fish that barely sleeps could help turn humans into all-night party animals

A fish that barely sleeps could help turn humans into all-night party animals

By Claire Maldarelli

The world’s fastest shark is no match for a sack of flaccid hagfish skin

The world’s fastest shark is no match for a sack of flaccid hagfish skin

By Sara Chodosh

Great tits aren’t the only things evolving to adapt to humans. Here are 12 others.

Great tits aren’t the only things evolving to adapt to humans. Here are 12 others.

By Sara Chodosh

These jellyfish don’t have brains, but still somehow seem to sleep

By Nicole Wetsman

Eel shocks scientist

One scientist’s truly shocking quest to understand eels

By Ellen Airhart

Why fish can’t help but eat our plastic garbage

Why fish can’t help but eat our plastic garbage

By Kendra Pierre-Louis

How goldfish use booze to get through a hard winter

By Rachel Feltman

Jellyfish use high-powered ‘syringes’ to shoot venom into your skin

Jellyfish use high-powered ‘syringes’ to shoot venom into your skin

By Mary Beth Griggs