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8,274 results for: Fish

  1. Animals

    Dragonfish opens wide with flex neck joint

    New study reveals anatomical secrets of mysterious deep ocean fish.

    By Cassie Martin
  2. Paleontology

    Fossil shows that ancient reptile gave live birth

    A new fossil shows that a prehistoric reptile may have given birth to live young, unlike its egg-laying descendants, birds and crocodiles.

    By Elizabeth Eaton
  3. Genetics

    Number of species depends how you count them

    Genetic evidence alone may overestimate numbers of species, researchers warn.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  4. Oceans

    Fleeting dead zones can muck with seafloor life for decades

    Low-oxygen conditions can fundamentally disrupt seafloor ecosystems and increase carbon burial, new research shows.

    By Thomas Sumner
  5. Oceans

    Climate change may boost toxic mercury levels in sea life

    Increased runoff to the ocean due to climate change could raise neurotoxic mercury in coastal sea life by disrupting the base of the food web.

    By Thomas Sumner
  6. Tech

    Virtual reality has a motion sickness problem

    Virtual reality games and experiences can make some people sick, and women are more susceptible.

    By Betsy Mason
  7. Anthropology

    DNA points to millennia of stability in East Asian hunter-fisher population

    Ancient hunter-gatherers in East Asia are remarkably similar, genetically, to modern people living in the area. Unlike what happened in Western Europe, this region might not have seen waves of farmers take over.

    By Meghan Rosen
  8. Earth

    Devastation detectives try to solve dinosaur disappearance

    Dinosaurs and others faced massive losses 66 million years ago from an asteroid impact, volcanic eruptions or maybe a mix of the two.

    By Thomas Sumner
  9. Life

    Some lucky birds escaped dino doomsday

    Dino doomsday took out early birds too, but a lucky few survived.

    By Susan Milius
  10. Science & Society

    Cancer studies get mixed grades on redo tests

    Replications of cancer studies fail to reproduce some results.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  11. Paleontology

    With dinosaurs out of the way, mammals had a chance to thrive

    The animals that lived through the great extinction event had a range of survival strategies to get them through.

    By Meghan Rosen
  12. Animals

    ‘Furry Logic’ showcases how animals exploit physics

    "Furry Logic" explores how animals rely on the laws of physics in pursuit of food, sex and survival.

    By Sid Perkins