Some dolphins help humans catch fish, but an uptick in the levels of noise pollution from nearby ships is changing the way the dolphins communicate with one another Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2269425-dolphins-that-help-humans-catch-fish-are-being-disturbed-by-ship-noise/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
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Pufferfish blink by pulling in their eyeballs and puckering their skin
Pufferfish are the only bony fish that can blink – and they do so by sinking their eyeballs deep into their sockets and puckering the skin surrounding the eye together Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2269187-pufferfish-blink-by-pulling-in-their-eyeballs-and-puckering-their-skin/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Video captures unusual death of baby bird gobbled by a fish
Scientists recently captured video documenting the first reported instance of a fish preying on a newly-hatched baby bird, in a flooded nest in coastal Georgia. Source: https://www.livescience.com/fish-eats-baby-bird.html
Meet Elizabeth Ann, the First Cloned Black-Footed Ferret
Her birth represents the first cloning of an endangered species native to North America, and may bring needed genetic diversity to the species. From a report: Last year, Ben Novak drove across the country to spend New Year’s Eve with a black-footed ferret. Elizabeth Ann had just turned 21 days old — surely a milestone for any ferret but a particularly…
Great white-shark-sized ancient fish discovered by accident from fossilized lung
A 66 million-year-old fossilized lung belonging to a previously unknown giant coelacanth fish was recently discovered in Morocco. Source: https://www.livescience.com/massive-coelacanth-fossilized-lung-discovered.html
Humans have severely affected fish biodiversity in half of all rivers
Rivers are an important habitat for nearly 18,000 species, but over half of the world’s rivers have been heavily impacted by human activity, reducing their fish biodiversity Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2268348-humans-have-severely-affected-fish-biodiversity-in-half-of-all-rivers/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Hundreds of fish species, including many we eat, are consuming plastic
As more and more plastic trash permeates the oceans, microplastics are making their way into fish and shellfish, and potentially into humans. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/hundreds-fish-species-consume-microplastics-including-human-food…
Grizzlies Are Coming Back. But Can We Make Room For Them?
As grizzly bears expand their range in Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming into places where they haven’t been seen in a century or more, they’re increasingly encountering humans. From a report: Things intensified last summer as trails and campgrounds across the region flooded with inexperienced tourists seeking refuge in the outdoors during the coronavirus pandemic. Grizzly attacks spiked. Bear managers were inundated…
Is our growing appetite for fish harming the planet?
Since 1950 the amount of fish we eat has risen by a staggering 750 per cent. While we take comfort in labels declaring our seafood “sustainable”, tracing its true environmental toll tells a different story Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24933210-700-is-our-growing-appetite-for-fish-harming-the-planet/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Is there any type of fish you can actually eat sustainably?
Labels declaring seafood “sustainable” give us comfort we’re consuming ethically, but tracing the true environmental toll tells a different story – mostly Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24933210-700-is-there-any-type-of-fish-you-can-actually-eat-sustainably/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…