Tag: Fish - Page 11
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U.S. Asian Carp Czar Says Poison, Genetic Engineering Among Solutions
The Obama administration loves its czars almost as much as the media loves using the title. So here goes: The U.S. Asian Carp Czar, also known as John Goss, says he has a multi-pronged strategy to help keep Asian carp from
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Why Do Fish Near Coal Plants Have Lower Levels of Mercury?
It makes sense that fish inhabiting waters adjacent to coal-fired power plants would have higher concentrations of bioaccumulating pollutants—most notably, mercury—than those living farther away.
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September Eco-Tidbits from Turkey
Just like clockwork, as soon as the mercury dropped, the action picked up,
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Philippine President's Favorite Fish Faces Extinction
The lobed river mullet, Cestraeus plicatilis, is prized for its unique aroma and special taste—something that motivated former president Ferdinand Marcos to keep up to a year-long supply on hand at all times. Now, the
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Flying Fish Could Teach Us How to Make Planes More Efficient
Photo: Wikipedia, public domain. Learning from Evolution by Natural Selection Long before the word 'biomimicry' had been coined, humans were looking at how nature is solving problems and trying to learn from it. When it comes to designing flying
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Follow 'The Great Marlin Race' Across the Equator
The Pacific blue marlin is one of the largest billfish to swim the open ocean. Just how far can they swim, and where exactly are they going? Scientists are tracking the movements of 10 marlin
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David de Rothschild on Crossing the Pacific in the Plastiki (Podcast)
To shed light on the plight of our plastic-laden oceans, David de Rothschild built a sailboat from 12,000 soda bottles and took it clear across the Pacific. With TreeHugger-founder Graham Hill as a crew member, the Plastiki charted a death-defying
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Human Activity May Have Boosted Palau Shellfish Size
A new study in the Journal of Archaeological Science shows there are exceptions to the conventional eco-wisdom that increased human activity always spells harm for animals: Researchers from North Carolina State University have
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Epic Shark Feeding Frenzy Caught on Film
Sharks are normally considered solitary hunters, but one incredible video shows that sometimes they do get together -- and in a big way. Off the coast of Australia recently, a rescue helicopter spotted hundreds of sharks in an epic feeding frenzy,
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Slimehead Anyone? 10 Fish Fished More After a Name Change
Any celebrity can tell you about the importance of good PR, but they aren't the only ones that can have their fortunes gained or lost on the basis of public opinion: Take fish. Some of the species on these pages went from relatively obscure (or downright
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Slimehead Anyone? 10 Fish Fished More After a Name Change (Slideshow)
Sometimes a name change can be a good thing (just ask Walter Willison, Jennifer Anastassakis, or Caryn Johnson, who you know as Bruce Willis, Jennifer Aniston, and Whoopi Goldberg). But for these fish, a new name meant new
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Finance Site Lists Most Expensive Invasive Species
Asian carp aren't the only invasive species causing trouble in the United States. While the monster fish captures headlines as it inches toward the Great Lakes, other species have already colonized other parts of the country, and are
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Canada's Lost Salmon Return in Droves
Every year, sockeye salmon return to the rivers of western Canada to make their arduous upstream journey to calmer spawning grounds. It is a seasonal touchstone that signifies the approaching end of summer, one that has
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10 Real Life Sea Monsters (Slideshow)
It's time to get out of the water.
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10 Real Life Sea Monsters
The ocean contains a potentially infinite number of species that we know nothing about -- that, to be honest, are probably pretty creepy and weird looking. Deep Sea Amphipod CrustaceanTake this guy, discovered last month. Scientists from the Queensland
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Strange Animals that Glow in the Dark (Slideshow)
When the sun goes down, the creatures of the night come out: And some have really weird and incredible built-in ways to keep the lights on. The
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Animal Eyes, Up Close and Personal
In people, they say the eyes are the windows to the soul -- and that same saying could apply to animals, too. From the rainbow-colored compact lens of a horsefly and the gentle eyes of a giraffe to the tiny beads on an elephant and the thoughtful look of
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Invasive Lionfish Move into Virgin Islands National Park
Native to the Pacific, invasive lionfish in the Caribbean are
