New species are being discovered faster than ever before — at a rate of more than 16,000 every year, suggests a new study.

New species are being discovered at a faster rate than ever—more than 16,000 every year—and the trend shows no sign of ...

University of Victoria (UVic) biologists have discovered that even closely related fish species make unique and distinctive ...

It seems like it happens all the time. Someone posts photos and misidentifies fish on social media. A fish is not just a fish. You must have some identification skills. I do not expect everyone to be ...

Over 50 Triassic coelacanth fossils of mawsoniid, found mislabeled in British museums, show these ancient fish thrived in ...

This guide called Indiana Pond Fish, Species Identification Card Set identifies commonly stocked fish and problem fish that may be encountered in Indiana ponds. It includes full-color pictures and ...

About 300 years ago, Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus set out on a bold quest: to identify and name every living organism on ...

Longfin smelt can be difficult to differentiate from endangered Delta smelt. Here, a longfin smelt is swabbed for genetic identification through a CRISPR tool called SHERLOCK. (Alisha Goodbla/UC Davis ...

One fish truly has a unique place in history, particularly because it has managed to exist on earth in some form since prehistoric times. We are referring to the sturgeon, a family of bony fish that ...

A tiny fish long feared lost has resurfaced in Bolivia, offering a rare conservation success story amid widespread habitat ...

Whether a caught fish is released back into the water or removed for consumption depends on more than just the fish species ...