New research finds that ocean-dwelling fish entered freshwater environments on several occasions, evolving enhanced hearing abilities in the process. When ancient marine fish transitioned from ...

Keeping an aquarium at home is a demanding yet rewarding hobby. One needs to first choose the right fish, tank size, and setup to build a beautiful and balanced aquarium. Most importantly, one needs ...

As soon as he saw the hulking, bone-white carcass of an ocean sunfish sloshing in the waves offshore of the Azores archipelago, José Nuno Gomes-Pereira suspected the animal might be a record-breaker.

Most tourists immediately picture expensive resorts that are featured in every travel magazine when they consider having ...

The Murray cod, named Arnie after Australia's recently retired Olympic champion Ariarne Titmus, was first tagged in 2022.

Keeping a fish tank shouldn’t require a marine-biology degree. To craft our list of the best fish for beginners, Forbes Advisor teamed up with three aquarists and considered factors like ease of care, ...

The Tennessee River, one of the most important waterways in the South, sustains hundreds of species in the water, air, and ...

Researchers in Alberta uncovered a fossil fish that rewrites the evolutionary history of otophysans, which today dominate freshwater ecosystems. The new species, Acronichthys maccognoi, shows early ...

Newport Aquarium was sued for employment retaliation on Oct. 8 in Kentucky Circuit Court for Campbell County. The action, brought by Gatlin Voelker on behalf of a former maintenance supervisor hired ...

Researchers have uncovered dozens of long-misidentified coelacanth fossils in British museums, some overlooked for more than ...

New research has revealed that about 90% of marine aquarium fish sold by online retailers in the United States are sourced directly from wild populations, mostly in the western Pacific and Indian ...

Fishermen caught a “large”-headed sea creature with “very small teeth” off Iran that scientists identified as a new species, a study said. Photo from Getty / iStockphoto Off the southern coast of Iran ...