Study: Wrong fish used to save species
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A 20-year government effort to restore the population of an endangered native trout in Colorado has made little progress because biologists have been stocking some of the waterways with the wrong fish, a new study says.
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A rare reef fish called the humphead wrasse should be guarded from the trade that is threatening its future, conservationists say.
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The discovery of intersex fish --   males with some female characteristics, including some carrying   eggs -- in Washington's Potomac River is raising concerns about   pollution from chemicals that can affect hormones.
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There are more species of venomous fish&#151;some 1,200&#151;than all other venomous vertebrates combined, new research suggests.
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MIAMI _ From time to time, I have lamented in this space about what I call the bite of the wrong fish. In other words, you go out fishing with a noted guide in order to write a story about a particular species and that turns out to be the one species you can't catch.
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WASHINGTON - Conservationists concerned about the extinction of plants and animals may be overlooking the danger to thousands of other species that depend on the threatened ones.
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A new study finds more than a thousand types of plant, bird, mammal and invertebrate are now endangered.
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A form of intersex fish, which have both male and female traits, were found more often by researchers in areas with more farming and population density, according to a new study by the U.S. Geological Survey.
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Recreational fishing accounts for almost a quarter of the total take of depleted saltwater fish species in the United States, including economically important species such
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By Randolph E. Schmid  SAN FRANCISCO  --  With declining catches close to shore, commercial fishing is turning to deeper waters, threatening species that live in the cold and gloom of the deep oceans, according to researchers.
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Fishermen are famed for overstating the size of their catches, but science has found an instance in which they may have underestimated their prowess: an unexpectedly big toll on saltwater fish populations.
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A genetic study sheds light on the mystery of how fish made the move from water to land millions of years ago.
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Several species of ocean-going shark are more threatened than previously thought, scientists conclude.
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By Sam Cheong  THE fighting fish has never been in the same league as the Arowana, the Japanese 'koi' or the Flower Horn Fish, even though most Malaysians have reared them sometime in their lives.
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To marine biologists, âplasticsâ is a dirty word. Fish and birds can eat or become tangled in fishing gear or other plastic flotsam.
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With declining catches close to shore, commercial fishing is turning to deeper waters, threatening species that live in the cold and gloom of the deep oceans, according to researchers.
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By JOHN FLESHER TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - It hardly seems fair, but new research suggests that water creatures nimble enough to avoid being gobbled up by predators may harm their species more than help.