December 4, 2020 Salmon deaths may be linked to dangerous chemical found in tires: experts After years of extensive research and not understanding why coho salmon were dying after heavy rains, scientists believe it's linked to a chemical found in automotive tires.
November 19, 2020 3,500-pound great white shark pings tracker off North Carolina A great white shark almost as long as a classic Cadillac has turned up off the coast of North Carolina, a few weeks after being tagged near Canada.
October 16, 2020 People call 911 about giant sunfish in Massachusetts, officials ask them to stop On Monday, the Wareham Department of Natural Resources posted on Facebook asking residents to stop calling the police about an ocean sunfish swimming in Broad Cove.
October 5, 2020 Shark-based coronavirus vaccines spark controversy, conservationists launch campaign to prevent their use Conservationists have launched a campaign to prevent the use of squalene, produced from shark liver oil, in COVID-19 vaccines.
August 26, 2020 Remarkable video shows beluga whale calf birth A remarkable video shows the birth of a beluga whale calf at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium.
August 12, 2020 Florida fisherman shares up-close video of encounter with great white shark 20 miles off Jupiter Inlet A Florida fisherman captured video of a great white shark swimming near his boat off the coast of Jupiter Inlet over the weekend, video shows.
July 23, 2020 Oklahoma dad's paddlefish catch breaks record -- fish was tagged in 1997 Oklahoma fisherman Cory Watters and his 9-year-old son Stetson reeled in a world-record 151.9-pound paddlefish Thursday morning on Keystone Lake, according to the state’s Department of Wildlife Conservation.
July 22, 2020 Scientists accidentally create 'impossible' hybrid fish It shouldn't have been possible, but it was: The birth of long-nosed, spiky-finned hybrids of Russian sturgeons and American paddlefish.
July 17, 2020 RIP, smooth handfish: You were weird, and now you’re extinct An unusual-looking fish with bulging eyes, a mohawk-like fin on its head and the ability to walk on the seafloor with its pectoral and pelvic fins has reached a grim milestone. The so-called smooth handfish (Sympterichthys unipennis) has been declared extinct, the first modern marine fish on record to completely vanish, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
July 17, 2020 Ultra-black fish discovered in depths of ocean, new study says Researchers have found 16 species of so-called ultra-black fish, which by definition absorb more than 99.5 percent of light.