Kelly the dolphin gamed her own reward system, then taught the trick to her calf — echoing real tool-use traditions found in ...
A publication by Steven G. Platt and Thomas R. Rainwater in the scientific journal Southeastern Naturalist discusses an ...
The popular grunion runs have started at San Diego and most Southern California beaches. The fish can be spotted through ...
If you’ve ever caught a tagged walleye, you might have wondered what story that fish could tell. Where has it been? Where was ...
There is a long-standing tension between aquarium hobbyists and marine biologists over how to interpret fish behavior. Scientists rely on controlled studies, data, and field research, while hobbyists ...
The remora often latches on to the exteriors of larger marine creatures. But sometimes it travels in a more intrusive spot: inside a manta ray’s backside. By Jason Bittel When danger calls, some ...
Cocaine pollution can affect the behavior of fish—altering, for example, the way Atlantic salmon move through their environment, prompting them to swim farther and disperse over a wider area. So finds ...
Images of shellear fish climbing up the rock face behind Luvilombo Falls P. Kiwele Mutambala et al., Scientific Reports, 2026 under CC-BY-4.0 For more than 50 years, people have talked about tiny ...
A hidden underwater camera captured a vibrant scene beneath the surface of a clear stream, where a school of common rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus) moves gracefully among rocks and flowing water.
The Chicago River was once a heavily polluted mess, a source of deadly diseases like cholera and typhoid fever. The waterway was so dirty that engineers famously reversed its direction in 1900 so it ...
For three weeks this summer, Anna is conducting fieldwork on Black Spot Syndrome and fish behavior alongside UROP student Nick Hernandez. Through scuba-based field surveys around the reefs of Curaçao, ...