Thousands of fish species — about 2,500 of them named — call the Amazon River home, but scientists estimate nearly half of the marine creatures lurking in the massive stretch of water remain ...

From field sites in Vietnam and the coast of West Africa to her laboratory in Washington, D.C., Kate Bemis applies her knowledge of fish diversity to support sustainable fisheries Naomi Greenberg Kate ...

A new fish species has emerged, but it does not hail from the realm of Mordor as its name suggests. The relationship between pacus and piranhas has been closely studied by researchers and while the ...

Researchers in China have named a newly discovered fish species after the Studio Ghibli character San from "Princess Mononoke," based on its similar facial markings. Published in the open-access ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. ‘Lungfish’ would have been a common sight in the Devonian ...

Scientists at the American Museum of Natural History investigated old specimens that had been at the museum for decades and ...