‘Squid pops’ reveal how predator fish handle warmer water

New research using squid on sticks underwater to lure predator fish shows how climate change has affected food webs in oceans.

Jim Barlow-Oregon • futurity
Nov. 13, 2020 ~6 min

To fight climate change, put algae on the menu

To find sustainable foods, researchers argue we should be looking to the bottom of the ocean at things like algae, squid, seaweed, and more.

Ida Eriksen-U. Copenhagen • futurity
Oct. 6, 2020 ~6 min


Fish might stop swimming in schools

For millions of years, fish have formed schools as a means of survival. Mass capture fishing technologies may put an end to that.

Sonia Fernandez-UCSB • futurity
Oct. 2, 2020 ~9 min

Fish might stop swimming in schools

For millions of years, fish have formed schools as a means of survival. Mass capture fishing technologies may put an end to that.

Sonia Fernandez-UCSB • futurity
Oct. 2, 2020 ~9 min

Electric fish ignore their own zaps with a cool trick

Electric fish use zaps to communicate but all that zapping can get confusing. When they sense their own signal, a brain function says, "Ignore it."

Talia Ogliore-WUSTL • futurity
Aug. 25, 2020 ~6 min

Stealthy, ultra-black fish skin absorbs 99.5% of light

Sixteen species of camouflaged deep-sea fish have skin so dark that almost no light bounces back to the eye.

Robin Smith-Duke • futurity
Aug. 4, 2020 ~6 min

Stealthy, ultra-black fish skin absorbs 99.5% of light

Sixteen species of camouflaged deep-sea fish have skin so dark that almost no light bounces back to the eye.

Robin Smith-Duke • futurity
Aug. 4, 2020 ~6 min

Odd immune system lets anglerfishes fuse males to females

Among deep-sea anglerfishes, tiny males permanently attack to relatively gigantic females. New understanding of this process could benefit human health.

U. Washington • futurity
Aug. 3, 2020 ~8 min


FDA and consumers might go for ‘cell-based seafood’ label

New research identifies a possible terms for food made from the cells of fish or shellfish, rather than whole animals: cell-based seafood.

Todd Bates-Rutgers • futurity
July 29, 2020 ~6 min

Carbon dioxide threatens life in the Gulf of Mexico

Rising levels of carbon dioxide in the Gulf of Mexico are putting commercial fishing and marine life at risk, researchers warn.

Keith Randall-Texas A&M • futurity
July 27, 2020 ~6 min

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