(Phys.org) —"Blend in" appears to be the mantra for male Bahamas mosquitofish that live near predators. After all, fish with brighter, more colorful fins or patches are more conspicuous – and standing ...

Species numbers alone do not fully capture how ecosystems are changing. In a global study, scientists analyzed long-term data ...

What usually comes to mind when thinking of animal camouflage are creatures staying still to blend in perfectly with their surroundings. For instance, an Arctic fox becomes invisible in the snow, and ...

When you’re a predatory fish, sometimes the lunch you gobbled up doesn’t agree with you. Rather than accepting its fate, the still-living meal escapes your stomach and flees through the nearest ...

A nationwide campaign was launched last month in Sri Lanka to encourage the capture of excess fish predators and invasive species in the Deduru Oya reservoir. The Fisheries Ministry hosted a one-day ...

This week’s beachcombing survey along the Texas coast brought an exciting find — several sargassum frogfish, also known as anglerfish, hidden among the freshly washed-up mats of seaweed. These ...

Caribbean reef food webs have compressed by up to 70% over the past 7,000 years as fish diets converge and ecosystems become ...

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