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8 years ago+20 20 0The more humanely a fish is killed, the better it tastes
Meat from quickly killed fish stays fresher far longer than meat from fish that die of asphyxiation
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8 years ago+25 25 0Small fish species evolved rapidly following 1964 Alaska earthquake
Evolution is usually thought of as occurring over long time periods, but it also can happen quickly. Consider a tiny fish whose transformation after the 1964 Alaskan earthquake was uncovered by University of Oregon scientists and their University of ...
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8 years ago+24 24 0Fish Stocks Are Declining Worldwide, And Climate Change Is On The Hook
Fish populations aren't replenishing themselves like they used to. Researchers say there's not enough food for young fish, and it's directly linked to changing temperatures.
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9 years ago+2 2 0True love: tiny Australian desert fish travel vast distances to find new mate
The 6cm long goby is an ‘average swimmer’ but can travel hundreds of kilometres through Australia’s red centre in just a trickle of water
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9 years ago+13 13 0In California's Protected Waters, Counting Fish Without Getting Wet
Using divers to monitor whether life is returning to the 100 or so marine protected areas is pricey. Now, advances in DNA sequencing mean scientists just need a seawater sample to do a marine census.
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9 years ago+2 2 0Fish habitat protection waning under Harper government, analysis finds
A statistical analysis of the Conservative government's changes to environmental laws and procedures suggests Ottawa has "all but abandoned" attempts to protect Canada's lakes and rivers.
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9 years ago+2 2 0Huge Fish Farm Planned Near San Diego Aims To Fix Seafood Imbalance
The aquaculture project would be the same size as New York's Central Park and produce 11 million pounds of yellowtail and sea bass each year. But some people see it as an aquatic "factory farm."
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9 years ago+20 20 0An Ancient Fish Is Running Out of Time
Despite government efforts to expand the population, only perhaps 200 or fewer wild-born pallid sturgeons are thought to inhabit one of its last strongholds — the Montana stretches of the Missouri and Yellowstone Rivers. And now, paradoxically, a fed ...
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9 years ago+2 2 0Guy catches a fish using his drone.
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9 years ago+18 18 0Salmon Spawns on Obama's Shoes
"You see that?" Obama declared Wednesday as he gripped a fish with two hands. "Something's got on my shoes. ... Generally you don't want fish spawning on your feet. He said the local fisherwoman who accompanied him said the f ...
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9 years ago+19 19 0Fish and snake caught mid-battle by Australian fisherman
An Australian spear fisherman captures one of the world's most venomous fish and a deadly snake in the middle of a fight for life.
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9 years ago+16 16 0Ocean blob brings tropical fish to B.C. coast
Something unusual is happening off the coast of British Columbia. Fish species normally found in the warm waters of the tropics are finding their way north — and a blob is being blamed... scientists have been tracking a large mass of water in the Pac ...
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9 years ago+14 14 0Rare Walking Fish Population Down to Just 79
The most recent survey of the spotted fish that prefers walking to swimming raises alarms among conservationists.
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9 years ago+27 27 0Lawsuit Accuses Nestlé of Using Slave-Caught Fish in Fancy Feast
The four consumers who filed the Nestle case in Los Angeles federal court seek to represent all California buyers of Fancy Feast who wouldn’t have bought the product had they known that the fish was allegedly harvested using forced labor.
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9 years ago+2 2 03D Printed Micro-Fish Robots May Soon Join The Fight Against Disease, Inside Our Bodies
Professors Shaochen Chen and Joseph Wang of the Nano Engineering Department at the University of California, San Diego have 3D printed tiny robots – thinner than the width of a human hair -- they’re calling micro-fish, that may one day be used to tre ...
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9 years ago+16 16 0Humans are 'unique super-predator'
Humans' status as a unique super-predator is laid bare in a new study published in Science magazine. The analysis of global data details the ruthlessness of our hunting practices and the impacts we have on prey. It shows how humans typically tak ...
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9 years ago+21 21 0Chinese authorities investigate mass fish death near Tianjin explosion site
Photographs show thousands of dead fish floating in river only a few kilometres from scene of deadly explosion
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9 years ago+1 1 0To Decode Elephant Conversation, You Must Feel The Jungle Rumble
The trumpeting roar of an elephant is loud. But scientists living with herds in the forests of central Africa say the deep rumbles that humans can't hear, but can feel, carry crucial messages, too.
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9 years ago+8 8 0Giving a fish a physical exam at the National Aquarium
How do you give a fish a physical?
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9 years ago+2 2 0Fish fossil named after publisher James Fairfax becomes NSW emblem
Mandageria fairfaxi, a 370m-year-old fossil found in 1993 near Canowindra, will join the kookaburra, platypus, blue groper and black opal as NSW emblems