The Roanoke logperch, one of the largest darters in the Perch family, was thought to live only in portions of the Roanoke and Chowan River basins of Virginia. However, biologists with the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission, the Division of Water Quality and the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences found two populations of the fish in [...]
As brightly colored fish dart in and out of the rocks scattered in a small aquarium, a bewildering melody follows each of their movements. The audio aquarium, is a contraption dreamed up by Georgia Tech scientists as a way to let blind people experience sea life. The researchers say they wanted to help people with [...]
In a first of its kind project, scientists are attempting to revive Japan’s largest coral reef by planting thousands of baby corals growing on tiny ceramic beds. Corals in Sekisei Lagoon stretching between the Okinawan islands of Ishigaki and Iriomote have plunged by 80 per cent over the past two decades due to rising water [...]
The Chennai airport customs officials on Tuesday seized ornamental fish worth Rs 1,50,000 from two passengers coming from Singapore. The first was a passenger from Singapore Tiger Airlines who was found carrying 40 medium arowana fish and 60 small ornamental fish packed in polythene covers filled with oxygen and water. The fish are worth Rs [...]
A labyrinth organ is an accessory respiration organ in some fishes that allows them to breath oxygen from air, which can come in pretty useful if oxygen levels get depleted in the tank, or it becomes polluted. It is located in the head just behind the gills, and resembles a maze which traps air in [...]
In a big step toward ensuring the survival of the rare Rio Grande silvery minnow, which was listed as endangered in 1994 due to its plummeting population, a team of experts at the Albuquerque Biological Park loaded thousands of endangered minnows into trucks for a 12-hour trip to Texas, where the tiny fish will be [...]
One of the largest aquariums in the world, the Monterey Bay Aquarium, has an annual attendance of 1.8 million and holds 35,000 plants and animals representing 623 species. Incidentally, this is the site of a former cannery. One specially fantastic exhibit, is the Kelp Forest Aquarium – a 33-foot (10-m) high tank for viewing California [...]
If you though the fish tank toilet wasn’t enough, check out the “Moody” Wash Basin. If watching fish swimming around as you wash your hands, or brush your teeth is pretty much exactly what you want in the morning, catch it here.
