The fast and deadly Great Barracuda is Creature of the Month
The Great barracuda is amongst the top predators in their environment and use very highly developed smell and vision senses to locate their prey....
The Beautiful but Deadly Lionfish is the Creature of the Month
Lionfish, genus Pterois, is very popular amongst those with aquariums, and this trade may have led to them being described as amongst some of...
Dottyback reef fish is a “wolf in sheep’s clothing”
A new study by researchers at the University of Cambridge has shown that the dusky dottyback, a small predatory reef fish, can change the...
US Makes Progress on Over-Fishing: Fish Stocks Recovering
The number of US fish stocks listed as overfished, or subject to overfishing, has dropped to an all-time low since NOAA Fisheries began monitoring...
How warm-bodied tuna hearts keep pumping in killer cold
When tunas dive down to cold depths their body temperature stays warm but their heart temperature can fall by 15 degrees within minutes. The heart is chilled because it receives blood directly from the gills which mirrors water temperature. This clearly imposes stress upon the heart but it keeps beating, despite the temperature change. In most other animals the heart would stop.
Global Fishing Watch shows you ships fishing in protected areas
In the last 60 years the fishing industry have caught nine out of every ten large fish. That's only 10% of large fish like...
Silent divers count more fish
SCUBA divers underestimate the amount of life in heavily-fished areas, a study suggests.
Scientists from Australia compared fish counts by SCUBA divers—who produce noisy...
Ship noise slows eels and lets predators catch them twice as quickly
Eels are losing the fight to survive when faced with marine noise pollution such as that of passing ships, according to a study published...
Stamping out over-fishing
For the first time, Britain's Royal Mail has issued stamps championing an environmental issue - and that issue is over-fishing.
Deep sea fish remove a million tonnes of CO2 every year from UK and...
Fish living in deep waters on the continental slope around the UK play an important role carrying carbon from the surface to the seafloor.
It...