How fish evolved to walk – and in one case, turned into humans

We can trace our human evolutionary lineage back to fish.

Chris Organ, Assistant Professor of Evolutionary Biology, University of Reading • conversation
March 3, 2023 • ~7 min

‘Blue foods’ benefit health and the planet

Diets rich in food from the ocean and freshwater sources can help address both nutritional and environmental challenges, researchers report.

Sonia Fernandez-UCSB • futurity
Feb. 23, 2023 • ~7 min

UK laundry releases microfibres weighing the equivalent of 1,500 buses each year

By washing our clothes, we release microfibres into the environment which are then ingested by marine animals.

Mark Taylor, Research Officer, University of Leeds • conversation
Feb. 14, 2023 • ~8 min

New findings help explain fish diversity mystery

As climate change warms the oceans at higher latitudes, it will impede the evolution of fish species, a new study suggests.

Mike Cummings-Yale • futurity
Feb. 14, 2023 • ~6 min

Chicken and farmed salmon have the same eco impact

The environmental impacts of chicken and farmed salmon are remarkably similar, research finds. The key is what they eat.

Sonia Fernandez-UCSB • futurity
Feb. 14, 2023 • ~5 min

My art uses plastic recovered from beaches around the world to understand how our consumer society is transforming the ocean

Pam Longobardi collects and documents ocean plastic waste and transforms it into public art and photography. Her work makes statements about consumption, globalism and conservation.

Pam Longobardi, Regents' Professor of Art and Design, Georgia State University • conversation
Feb. 14, 2023 • ~8 min

Super ancient fish skull holds oldest backboned animal brain fossil

Matt Friedman wasn't looking for a brain when he scanned a 319 million-year-old fossilized fish skull, but that's just what he found.

Jim Erickson-Michigan • futurity
Feb. 3, 2023 • ~13 min

Seychelles is becoming overwhelmed by marine plastic -- we now know where it comes from

Remote islands in the Indian Ocean are now strewn with plastic waste – the origin of this waste has until now not been established.

April Burt, Research Associate, University of Oxford • conversation
Feb. 1, 2023 • ~8 min

Fukushima to release contaminated water – an expert explains why this could be the best option

Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant is set to release radioactive wastewater into the Pacific Ocean – but the cause for concern is minimal.

Jim Smith, Professor of Environmental Science, University of Portsmouth • conversation
Jan. 23, 2023 • ~7 min

Are the fish in your aquarium happy? Five things to look out for

Why an exploding aquarium in Berlin should destroy prevailing myths about the inner lives of fish.

Matt Parker, Senior Lecturer in Neuroscience and Sleep Science, University of Surrey • conversation
Jan. 18, 2023 • ~6 min

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