Smalleye stingrays are the largest marine stingrays on record, reaching disc widths of up to 222 cm, and yet almost nothing is known about them. Scientists from...
A pregnant reef manta ray was encountered for the first time at the remote Cocos Island in the Eastern Tropical Pacific, challenging our current understanding o...
Male guppies exposed to predators in the wild or in captivity have heavier brains than those living in relatively predator-free conditions, according to new res...
A new study published in the journal Endangered Species Research has revealed that juvenile Whale Sharks swim to Madagascar, a newly-identified hotspot for thes...
Tagging in Southern California and Mexico shows most shark deaths due to unintentional capture in fishing gear, highlighting value of best practices that suppor...
The Common Sturgeon Acipenser sturio is a long-lived fish, surviving to well over 100 years of age, reaching more than 3.4m in length and growing to over 300kgs...
Sharks, rays and whales impacted by microplastic pollution and associated toxins
Plastic pollution has recently gained increasing attention for its effects on ...
The lampreys (family Petromyzonidae) belong to a small but important group known as Agnatha, which literally means ‘jawless’; there are around 45 species worldw...
The Arctic Charr (or Char) Salvelinus alpinus, is one of fourteen species of bony freshwater fish included on Section 41 (relevant to England) of the NERC Act a...
