Fish hooked on meth – the consequences of freshwater pollution

Chemicals in drugs can be excreted unchanged, infiltrating waterways via sewage and effluent.

Alex Ford, Professor of Biology, University of Portsmouth • conversation
July 6, 2021 ~7 min

We solved the mystery of why some fish are warm-blooded

Warm-blooded fish can swim 1.6 times faster than their cold-blooded relatives.

Lucy Harding, PhD Candidate in Fish Physiology, Trinity College Dublin • conversation
July 5, 2021 ~4 min


Insect population collapse: new evidence links it to dams

New data from tropical and subtropical regions suggests insects are declining thanks to dammed rivers

Liam N. Nash, Ecology PhD researcher, Queen Mary University of London • conversation
June 16, 2021 ~6 min

Climate change: world's lakes are in hot water – threatening rare wildlife

The lives of one in ten of Earth's species are connected to lakes and their tributaries.

Antonia Law, Lecturer in Physical Geography, Keele University • conversation
June 7, 2021 ~7 min

To protect ocean environments, 'good enough' might be the best long-term option

In the design of marine protected areas, new research suggests that it might be better to start small in order to gain local trust and support that leads to larger long-term benefits.

Alfredo Giron Nava, André Hoffmann Fellow, Stanford University • conversation
May 26, 2021 ~9 min

The 2021 World Food Prize recognizes that fish are key for reducing hunger and malnutrition

Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted, a native of Trinidad and Tobago, is the winner of the 2021 World Food Prize for her work identifying small fish as valuable nutrition sources for developing countries.

Ben Belton, Associate Professor of International Development, Michigan State University • conversation
May 21, 2021 ~9 min

Evolution of a smile: 400 million year old spiny fish overturns shark theory of tooth origins

Scientists have long believed that sharks were the first vertebrates to evolve teeth. Our new study reveals a more complex history.

Philip C J Donoghue, Professor of Palaeobiology, University of Bristol • conversation
May 12, 2021 ~6 min

Seaspiracy: how to make fishing more sustainable by tackling bycatch – new research

Tackling bycatch in large-scale fishing can make our seafood habit more sustainable

William Arlidge, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries • conversation
May 11, 2021 ~8 min


Watching a coral reef die as climate change devastates one of the most pristine tropical island areas on Earth

Scientists watched in real time as rising ocean heat transformed the sprawling reef. It was a harbinger for ecosystems everywhere as the planet warms.

Sam Purkis, Professor and Chair of the Department of Marine Sciences, University of Miami • conversation
April 29, 2021 ~9 min

Five ways fish are more like humans than you realise

You share the same drug habits, the same age-related memory problems and are similarly impatient when forced to wait for food.

Matt Parker, Senior Lecturer in Neuroscience and Psychopharmacology, University of Portsmouth • conversation
March 31, 2021 ~8 min

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