Scientists look into the past to identify locally threatened fish
The researchers reconstructed species’ occurrences by combining modern underwater transect surveys and catch assessments with historical records
Altered genes can improve fish
Scientists are trying to enhance the quality of fish by using a controversial technique and are confident the process will be perfected soon.
Have Alligator Gar in India started to reproduce? Not for the moment
A photograph showing a kingfisher holding what appears to be a juvenile Alligator Gar created a minor scare among fish experts
Climate change: Fish migration to hurt northwest Africa
Economies of northwest African countries would suffer as no policy measures to mitigate losses
Wanderlust heats up the blood of some fish
Biologists have found that some fish evolved into warm-blooded creatures because their adventurous ancestors were exposed to large temperature …
Price of seafood spikes in coastal Odisha due to annual two-month fishing ban
Odisha observes a two-month ban on trawling and mechanised fishing every year to help sea fish spawn
'Ocean cleaning depends on decisions taken by people across the world'
To combat problems such as ocean acidification and sea level rise, we have to reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide
Damn these dams
While dam-busting, engineers should take care to save the entire river system from degradation
How fish evolved to walk — and in one case, turned into humans
Some fish species pull themselves forward using well developed fore-fins, while others “walk” along the ocean floor.
The lighthouse
A green-light emitting protein has shown the way to an unique way of labelling and marking cells, besides enabling researchers to keep track …
Something's Fishy
Fish vendor Dinesh Kumar explains his preference for the river hilsa from Bangladesh, while customers divulge on its taste.
Blue foods can help India improve nutrition, livelihood: Study
India can use aquatic foods to address B12 and omega-3 deficiencies
This herb tastes and smells like fish; it has recognised health benefits
The medicinal properties and benefits of fish mint have been documented in ancient texts of traditional Chinese and Japanese medicine, as well as …
World Water Day: Fish from common ponds help fund weddings in this Maharashtra village
The small village got ownership and management rights of the three village ponds in 2011, 70 years after its independence
Together is better
New algorithm shows how group size affects animals’ response to environmental changes
Swallowing a live fish may get rid of asthma
A miracle cure for asthma continues to attract patients in thousands despite the scepticism expressed by medical experts
Dry run
The number of Pacific salmons that return to their birth place to spawn is decreasing at a dramatic rate. Despite efforts by the Canadian …
Filth is food!
Making the best of the worst could be the underlying theme behind the garbage-revolution in Nigeria
The world’s fish are shrinking as the climate warms. We’re trying to figure out why
It may be due to a mismatch between how much oxygen a fish needs and how much it can get
This newly discovered fish can change its colour like a chameleon
The species was found from Nagaland; rivers here are unexplored compared to other Northeastern states, say researchers
Fishermen move out as output of fish in MP’s Bargi reservoir falls
The reservoir produced 432 tonnes of fish in 1994-95; it produced only 28 tonnes in 2020-21
Arunachal college spots 3 new fish species
The fish of genus Aborichthys are distributed in streams like Senki, Barap and Palin
How we're using fish ear bones as 'time capsules' of past river health
Oxygen isotope values of fish ear bones gives information on the temperature of the water, while studying concentrations of trace elements …
Vindaloo with a punch
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The battle is won, but who won the war?
Hiroshi Nakajima has been re-elected director of the World Health Organisation. But the road ahead promises to be bumpy for the controversial …