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Meet the Coelacanth

Learn about the fish that was once thought to be extinct.

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Un pescador de una pesquería a pequeña escala de Honduras se embarca en una excursión de pesca.

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Medidas Inteligentes Rastrea las Presiones de Pesca

A blue parrotfish hides among coral.

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Tough Teeth and Parrotfish Poop

On coral reefs fish are important links in the food chain that sustains higher-order predators (including humans) and keeps everything in balance.

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Fish Get Risky Around Oil

A tornado of sardines swirls around diver and photographer Erwin Poliakoff in the Philippines.

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Why the Littlest Fish Matter a Whole Lot

A school of akule (Hawaiian for bigeye scad) explode into a camera's frame.

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Following the Akule

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Pez Articles

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The Big Tunas

Grey reef sharks are among the most versatile and tough predators on a Pacific coral reef, but they are also among the most vulnerable species, as they are threatened by wasteful fishing practices like shark finning.

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Where the Shark and the Snapper Roam

an old illustration of an eel

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The Origin of Eels

Fish swim underwater amidst mangrove roots at Bocas del Toro, Panama.

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On the Trail of DNA in the Ocean

The Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structure was developed to help scientists study coral reef diversity and have now been adopted broadly to study diversity around the world.

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Uncovering Biodiversity… with ARMS and a Submarine Claw

A tornado of sardines swirls around diver and photographer Erwin Poliakoff in the Philippines.

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Why the Littlest Fish Matter a Whole Lot

A school of bluefin tuna

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The Great Pacific Migration of Bluefin Tuna

Cut of Atlantic Salmon on a Plate

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Love Salmon? Listen Up.

Convict surgeonfish are the roaming sheep of the reef but, instead of noshing on grass, they feed on algae.

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Helpful Herbivores

Un pescador se sienta en su bote y sostiene una captura de langosta fresca

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The Blue Halo - Barbuda y más allá

A brown and white dragon moray eel with its mouth open.

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Surprising Results Upon Reexamining the Curious Jaw of the Moray Eel

A Honduran small-scale fisherman on a boat setting out to fish.

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Clever Measures Track Fishing Pressures