Fish schools are quieter than one fish alone

A school of fish moving together in just the right way is stunningly stealthy. A new study shows that seven fish sound like just one.

Jill Rosen-Johns Hopkins • futurity
April 9, 2024 ~5 min

Fish scale waste could remove dye pollution from water

Researchers have a new way to turn fish scale waste into a tool for ridding water of a dye linked with potential health risks such as cancer.

National University of Singapore • futurity
March 12, 2024 ~7 min


Why ‘living fossils’ haven’t changed for millions of years

Researchers have discovered why a fish group, considered "living fossils," has existed largely unchanged for tens of millions of years.

Mike Cummings-Yale • futurity
March 6, 2024 ~7 min

New species hints at greater lamprey diversity

Researchers may have found two new species of lamprey, a boneless, jawless fish with eel-like bodies that date back over 350 million years.

Kat Kerlin-UC Davis • futurity
Jan. 23, 2024 ~6 min

‘Growth rings’ in fish bones can reveal climate clues

Just like rings in trees, rings found in the tiny ear bones of fish can reveal clues about the effects of climate change.

Niranjana Rajalakshmi-U. Arizona • futurity
Jan. 18, 2024 ~7 min

Compound gives farmed fish a muddy flavor

New research identifies the cause of the muddy flavor that often comes with farmed fish. The main culprit is geosmin.

Maria Hornbek-Copenhagen • futurity
Oct. 19, 2023 ~7 min

How hogfish ‘see’ with their skin

Hogfish can change color to camouflage themselves. New research clarifies how their light-sensitive skin works.

Duke University • futurity
Aug. 31, 2023 ~7 min

Erosion traps these fish for separate evolution

The erosion of layers of rock by rivers in the Appalachian Mountains generates biodiversity of freshwater fish species, a study suggests.

Mike Cummings-Yale • futurity
May 30, 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

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

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