When you think of major scourges to our world fisheries, you probably think of overfishing, or bottom trawling, or pollution or climate change. But some new research from Kurt Ingeman of Oregon State ...

In the dark depths of the ocean, where camouflage can be lifesaving, scientists have discovered the blackest fish ever documented. Researchers have found 16 species of so-called ultra-black fish, ...

A fish biologist and her team spotted a see-through fish in Alaskan waters recently. It’s a rarely-seen blotched snailfish. "Been hoping to see one of these in person for a long time! Blotched ...

There’s water all around them, but do fish ever drink it? The answer is yes depending on where the fish lives. Water gets into a fish’s body through osmosis, the process in which water diffuses across ...

Newborn fish are mistaking tiny bits of trash for food. If they die, there’ll be fewer big fish—and that could rattle the food chain. marine-plastic-ocean-fish-microplasticThe naturally oily surface ...

Some species of deep-sea fish have evolved blacker-than-black skin to protect them from being eaten – or to help them sneak up on fish they want to eat. A study, published last week in the journal ...

In a mission to clean up trash floating in the ocean, environmentalists pulled 40 tons of abandoned fishing nets this month from an area known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Mariners on a ...