Researchers discovered tiny features on sculpins' fins which may enable them to cling firmly in harsh underwater environments.

The deepest lakes worldwide are magnificent and result from fascinating geological formations. We shone a bright light on ...

Giant freshwater crayfish, longer and bulkier than today's species, roamed New Zealand 20 million years ago. They would have ...

Louisiana has become home to numerous invasive species, some of them wreaking havoc on the state's environment. Here are the threats to the state.

Over 33,000 fish species exist in the world, around half of which live in freshwater. However ... are filter feeders who swim with their mouths open to snare small fish and plankton in the water.

Roach fish that migrate between different lakes and water courses have larger pupils and better eyesight than roach that stay in one place. The adaptation makes it easier for the red-eyed freshwater ...

Scientists have long believed that species only face collapse once temperatures cross a critical survival threshold, known as the thermal tolerance limit. For humans, this might lie between 104°F ...

School of Freshwater Sciences, University of Wisconsin─Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53204, United States Environmental Chemistry and Technology Program, Department of Civil and Environmental ...

Water type: Archerfish are brackish water fish, meaning they need water that is a mix of freshwater and saltwater ... and freeze-dried plankton. Their unique ability to shoot water at their ...

The tandem MultiNet (150 µm; left) and MOCNESS (505 µm; right) plankton net systems deployed from the R/V ... of expert taxonomists to correctly identify specimens to the species level so that a ...

Daniele Bianchi, an assistant professor in UCLA’s Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, has been studying what causes this normally benign plankton species to start secreting lethal ...