The Northern Pike (Esox lucius) belongs to the Kingdom Animalia. It is one of the largest freshwater predators found across temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, where it can grow longer than ...
March is an exciting time for fishermen on the Atlantic Coast. As temperatures rise in the Northeast, it’s not just birds that begin to migrate—fish do as well. Among these migrating fish is the famed ...
As the USA Today Network reported, lionfish are an invasive species in North Carolina that are devastating the local ecosystem. These fish are native to the Indian and western Pacific Oceans but were ...
It’s a crab-eat-crab world for the Chesapeake Bay’s juvenile blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus). Literally. Cannibalism is the number one killer of the crustaceans that congregate in mid-salinity waters ...
Young blue crabs face their biggest threat from their own kind, but shallow water can provide a crucial refuge from cannibalism.
This week’s beachcombing survey along the Texas coast brought an exciting find — several sargassum frogfish, also known as anglerfish, hidden among the freshly washed-up mats of seaweed. These ...
A nationwide campaign was launched last month in Sri Lanka to encourage the capture of excess fish predators and invasive species in the Deduru Oya reservoir. The Fisheries Ministry hosted a one-day ...
Certain small fish, like pearlfish, have evolved a bizarre survival strategy by taking refuge inside sea cucumbers. These fish enter through the anus, finding protection from predators within the ...