Fish rank as the most diverse group of vertebrates in the world. Scientists recognize over 37,000 distinct species, with many more waiting to be discovered. Most fish fall into the ray-finned group of ...

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Division of Marine Fisheries recently established a new ...

As shiny, pearl-like white plastic pellets rode wave after wave and piled up on the beaches of Thiruvananthapuram in India’s ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WITN) - A Grimesland angler is the first record holder for a fish species in North Carolina. Marine Fisheries ...

Despite widespread human impacts on wildlife diversity worldwide, many fish communities on the seafloor have maintained their ...

More than a thousand fish species use sounds to exchange information, attract mates, and avoid predators through hums, grunts ...

Museum ichthyologist Cristhian Conde-Saldaña uses evolutionary genetics to study freshwater fishes and document at-risk ...

A closely watched study of how many redfish and other species the industrial menhaden industry nets and ultimately kills off ...

When marine biologist Marianne Nyegaard went on a diving holiday to Bali, she did not realise it would set her on a path ...

Do whales, dolphins and dugongs really exist in Malaysian waters? Yes, they do — and they’re not just passing through. They ...