A major new study shows long-term ocean warming is steadily reducing fish populations, putting global food security at risk.
The ocean is massive and covers most of the surface of our planet. In addition to its size, it’s packed with life, ranging from an astounding diversity of plants, microbes, worms, corals and crabs to ...
The ocean is full of unusual animals, but few catch people off guard quite like the mola mola. It’s a massive, slow-moving disk of a fish with fins that seem placed almost at random, and it drifts ...
These fish typically weight between 545 and 2,205 pounds. Sunfish is closely related to the Pufferfish despite their size difference. The bumphead sunfish (Mola alexandrini) is one of the strangest ...
According to a new study by the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN-CSIC) and the National University of Colombia, chronic ocean warming is driving a nearly 20% annual decline in fish biomass.
Sportfishing and environmental groups say tougher regulations are urgently needed for commercial catch of menhaden, a small species crucial to ecosystems along the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf Coast. A ...
Joshua Cinner receives funding from the Australian Research Council and National Geographic Society. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia and the International Coral Reef ...