In their earliest days, most ocean-faring fish actually reside in calm ribbons of water at the surface, taking advantage of the food and shelter they can provide. Unfortunately, these aquatic ...

Who knew that baby salmon were such explorers? The long-held understanding that baby salmon emerge from the streams where they hatched to head out to sea actually is missing a far more complex story – ...

The rainbow tripod fish was filmed near Cozumel, Mexico, and the video has prompted a mix of awe and skepticism. Many asked ...

If you’ve ever wondered what is a baby fish called, the answer is more interesting than you might expect. In the world of aquatic life, baby fish are not just given one name for their entire early ...

About ten years ago, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch entered the American imagination as a swirling island of trash floating atop the ocean. In reality, the garbage patch is almost invisible, though ...

Plastics can enter the food web at an unexpected point: larval fish as small as the tip of a pencil. Larval fish congregate in ocean slicks — ribbons of calm water that form naturally on the ocean’s ...

HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - A new study released Monday says baby fish around Hawaii are eating a large amount of plastic particles. The study was published in the journal, “Proceedings of the ...

Editor’s note: Science Magazine retracted the study described below on May 26, 2017, citing the following reasons: “(i) lack of ethical approval for the experiments; (ii) absence of original data for ...