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Science & Tech News tagged with fish

HALLOWEEN PICTURES: Spooky Species Discovered This Year
Science & Tech  (tags: Fish, New Species, Spooky, discovery, interesting, study )

Dee
- 23 days ago - news.nationalgeographic.com
spooky-looking fangs that have earned it the name Danionella dracula--and that's more than enough to qualify as a one of the spookiest new species announced in 2009.
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Mercury Found in All Fish Caught in U.S.-Tested Streams
Science & Tech  (tags: u.s., geological, survey, mercury, fish, freshwater, streams, discovery, investigation, science, research, health, habitat, ecosystems, nature, environment, pollution, health, risks, warning, disease, illness, coal, mining, safety, food )

Tom
- 87 days ago - usatoday.com
The U.S. Geological Survey's research marks its most comprehensive examination of mercury contamination in stream fish. The study found that 27% of the fish had mercury levels high enough to exceed what the Environmental Protection Agency considers safe.
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Study Says That Fish Are Shrinking
Science & Tech  (tags: fish, global warming, shrinking, study, science )

Debra
- 124 days ago - redorbit.com
A study published Monday reported that fish have lost half their average body mass and smaller species are making up a larger proportion of European fish stocks as a result of global warming
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Madfish?: Scientist Warns That Farmed Fish Could Be a Source of Mad Cow Disease
Science & Tech  (tags: fish, mad cow, cjd, scientists, study, health, business, discovery )

Cowboss
- 157 days ago - news.mongabay.com
In a paper that shows just how strange our modern world has become, Robert P. Friedland, neurologist from the University of Louisville, warns that farmed fish could be at risk of Creutzfeldt Jakob disease, or mad cow disease. Currently, farmed fish ar
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Baby Fish Can Climb Ropes
Science & Tech  (tags: discovery, fish, conservation, oceans )

Michael
- 190 days ago - sciencealert.com.au
Attaching special climbing ropes to culverts could help whitebait species to reach suitable adult breeding habitats.
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Big Drop in Reef Fish Linked to Coral Loss
Science & Tech  (tags: science, research, study, fish, coral reef, environment )

Maria
- 249 days ago - news.yahoo.com
CHICAGO (AFP) - The number of fish living in Caribbean reefs has dropped significantly since 1995, after decades of stability, and is likely due to a significant loss of coral, a study published Thursday found.
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Want Sustainable Fishing? Keep Only Small Fish, And Let The Big Ones Go
Science & Tech  (tags: fish, oceans, health, discovery, science )

Michael
- 260 days ago - sciencedaily.com
Put simply, a fish population will produce more young -- and therefore sustain more fishing -- if it is made up of big, old fish.
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Fish Migrating To Cooler Waters Due To Climate Change, Study Says
Science & Tech  (tags: oceans, fish, climate change, global warming, environment, world, news, science, research, tech, technology, study, earth, biology, ecosystems, climate, endangered, habitat, nature, humans, weather, fisheries, interesting, investigation, scientists )

SirRobert
- 284 days ago - cnn.com
Climate change will cause key species of fish to migrate toward the poles in search of cooler waters, badly depleting many commercial fisheries - scientists said in a published study on Thursday.
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Beyond the Abyss: Caught on Camera
Science & Tech  (tags: fish, snailfish, Pacific Ocean, filming, deep water )

Eduardo
- 396 days ago - scientificcomputing.com
Scientists filming in one of the world's deepest ocean trenches have found groups of highly sociable snailfish swarming over their bait nearly five miles beneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean. This is the first time cameras have been sent to this depth
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Researchers Study Acoustic Communication In Deep-Sea Fish
Science & Tech  (tags: deep sea, fish, communications, research )

Ingrid
- 418 days ago - terradaily.com
An international research team studying sound production in deep-sea fishes has found that cusk-eels use several sets of muscles to produce sound that plays a prominent role in male mating calls.
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Pacific Dives Recover Novel Fish
Science & Tech  (tags: science, nature, discovery, biology, Pacific Ocean, New Species, fish, Good News )

Ingrid
- 465 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Marine biologists being filmed for a BBC TV series have confirmed an astonishing 13 new fish species on a single expedition in the Pacific Ocean.
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Fossil of Most Primitive 4-Legged Animal Found
Science & Tech  (tags: prehistoric, fish, fossil, animal, discovery, science )

Catherine
- 514 days ago - livescience.com
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Scientists unearthed a skull of the most primitive four-legged creature in Earth's history, which should help them better understand the evolution of fish to advanced animals that walk on land. The 365 million-year-old fossil skull, shou
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No Bait! Fish May Respond to Sound
Science & Tech  (tags: fish, scientists, testing, farmers )

Ingrid
- 607 days ago - news.yahoo.com
Call them Pavlov's fish: Scientists are testing a plan to train fish to catch themselves by swimming into a net when they hear a tone that signals feeding time.
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Electric Fish Advertise Themselves With Brightly Lit Billboards
Science & Tech  (tags: discovery, fish, animal communication )

Dan
- 632 days ago - livescience.com
Male fish can amp up their electric fields to woo females and intimidate rivals, researchers discovered. These fish also emit long electric hums, almost like serenades. Sunstroke author David Kagan described this phenomena in the book Doomwatch Legacy.
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Flood Water Fuels Fish Populations
Science & Tech  (tags: research, fish, floods, study, fisheries, scientists, interesting )


- 639 days ago - sciencealert.com.au
Floods may be bad news for people living on floodplains, but in rivers and coastal fisheries they are essential natural events that boost populations of our favourite fish and seafood. 'When SE Queensland's dams spill over, sending large river flows out
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