New hope for plastic recycling with IBM’s VolCat technology
Think how much more material would be reused if plastic recycling didn’t entail washing, sorting and individual...
Stop Fish Bombing! uses gunshot detection technology to foil marine criminals
A nonprofit organization called Stop Fish Bombing! (SFB) is combating a famously destructive and illegal fishing...
Endangered bluefin tuna sold for $3.1 billion to sushi tycoon
A recent predawn auction at Tokyo’s new fish market brought a record-breaking bid for the endangered bluefin...
These fish and meat options are the most environmentally costly
Farmed seafood, wild-caught fish, or livestock: which one is the most environmentally costly to produce? A University...
New SubCAS technology enables scientists to better study deep-sea ecosystems
Scientists at the California Academy of Sciences have created a new device that can capture and transport deep-sea creatures...
Warming seas could shift fish habitats out of the reach of some fishers
Climate change is doing more than causing sea levels to rise or sea ice to dwindle — it's pressuring fish to...
Breakthrough device is ‘100% successful’ in protecting swimmers from sharks
Though it may not feel it in some places, summer is just around the corner in the Northern Hemisphere and with...
The disturbing reason so many farmed salmon are partially deaf
Farmed salmon are "three times more likely to be partially deaf" than wild salmon, according to the University...
Snøhetta completes fish market inspired by Arabic calligraphy in Oman
Most fish markets are dirty, exciting, and loud—a place of business, not of elegance. But Snøhetta challenges...
512-year-old Greenland shark may be the oldest living vertebrate on Earth
A recently identified 512-year-old Greenland shark may be the world's oldest living vertebrate. Although scientists...
Coca-Cola increased its plastic bottle production by a billion in 2016
Coca-Cola increased its global production of single-use, throwaway plastic bottles by one billion in 2016, according...
9 of the world’s biggest fishing companies agree to protect the oceans
The world's oceans are in trouble, and nine of the biggest fishing firms recently decided to help. They're banding...
Leonardo DiCaprio invests in Colorado-based sustainable seafood company
Leonardo DiCaprio's Before the Flood documentary encouraged viewers to cut down on beef because of its egregious...
If you eat seafood, you’re probably eating fleece microfibers
If you enjoy spending time in the great outdoors (or simply like to feel warm and cozy throughout the day), you’re...
Aquarium Zebra shark learns how to reproduce without her male partner
A female zebra shark (Stegostoma fasciatum) in Australia has learned to live, and reproduce, without a male counterpart....
Sticking to the Paris Agreement could save six million tons of fish every year
If the countries that signed the Paris Agreement limit global temperature rise to no more than 1.5 degrees Celsius,...
The world’s fish are vanishing far faster than previously thought
We're exhausting the oceans of fish far faster than scientists thought. A new book, Global Atlas of Marine Fisheries,...
Researchers record fish “singing” choruses at the break of dawn in Australia
Fish don't just sing in cartoons or picture books - it turns out their choruses can also be heard in the coastal...
Fish with “human-like teeth” spotted in Michigan lakes
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) recently reported finding fish with "human-like teeth" in southeastern...
400-year-old Arctic shark is the oldest living vertebrate animal in the world
There's a new contender for the oldest living vertebrate animal on Earth. 11 scientists from institutions around...
Microplastics are killing fish faster than they can reproduce
There are 5 trillion pieces of plastic floating around in the Earth’s oceans, many of which are microplastics...
Did our limbs evolve from gills?
In the search to discover our origins, scientists have suggested many ideas that range from far-fetched to fascinating....
This friendly fish has visited a Japanese diver for 25 years
Do fish have feelings? We typically don’t think of them as warm, fuzzy types, but Yoriko, an Asian sheepshead...
The oceans face a scary new threat: plastic-filled plankton poop
The harmful effects of plastic pollution in the world’s oceans are well documented, but there’s a new angle...
Unexplained ocean hum may be the sound of deep sea creatures… farting
For years, marine biologists have been mystified by a strange buzzing noise that occurs in the ocean every day....
Ocean fish around the globe tainted with toxic chemicals, new study shows
There's trouble in tuna town. A new study highlights even more doom and gloom with the news that toxic pollutants...
New report says plastic trash to exceed fish in the sea by 2050
A new report reveals disturbing new facts about how people are using plastic products around the world and their...
A fourth of all fish sold at markets have man-made debris in them
We already know that some fish contain high levels of mercury, DDT, and PCBs, but now a new study shows they are...
Ancient human-sized fish breathed with lungs
The ancient ancestors of the human-sized coelacanth (see-leh-kanth) breathed with lungs, according to a new study....
Britain names Pitcairn Island as center of world’s largest marine reserve
When it comes to protecting marine life, Britain is going big. After announcing in February it was considering...