Many fish appear to hang effortlessly in the water while they wait for prey, defend a nest or pause between bursts of activity. But our research shows that this quiet stillness is anything but ...

California officials have joined a legal effort to restore water to the Kern River after an abrupt shutoff of water dried up the river and killed thousands of fish in Bakersfield. The decision by ...

Water temperature plays a vital role in the behavior and survival of fish. Being cold-blooded, fish rely on external temperatures to regulate metabolism and activity. Even small changes in temperature ...

This month, the European Union’s Climate Change Service, Copernicus, stated that 2024 is likely to end up as the warmest year on record. July 2024 had an average surface air temperature of 62.44 ...

Endangered cold water fish are appearing leaps and bounds ahead of where they were in the past five decades thanks to efforts by one Northern California region to restart local salmon runs. From the ...

Some deep-sea fish may be able to see light in a different way from most other vertebrates, according to a new study. The ...

Samantha Williams, co-president of the Nishnabotna Water Defenders, holds a dissolved oxygen test next to the East Nishnabotna River near Red Oak. The state's fifth largest recorded fish kill occurred ...

Recent explorations into aquatic biology have unveiled a surprising reality: fish, despite being creatures of water, can indeed “drown” under specific conditions. This seemingly paradoxical phenomenon ...

From the Atlantic to the Pacific, from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico, rising water temperatures and more frequent heat waves are changing what’s found under the surface. In 2024, Advance Local ...