To prove that fish ingestion of microplastics is more than just an ocean story and more than just a modern story, Loren Hou used an unusual technique. Transporting the digestive tracts of four ...

When most people clean a fish, they throw away the guts, but a team of biologists would rather take a close look at them. To understand the roles of the many microbes that live naturally within ...

May 29—Researchers hope to inspect the stomachs of as many as 10,000 fish from across Lake Superior in the coming year to find out what they are eating, but they need your help to get the job done.

Ryan Thoni, curatorial associate in the department of ichthyology at the American Museum of Natural History, works with student Yuki Chen as part of a program that exposes young people to science ...

Research published today reveals the major influence of fish on maintaining the delicate pH balance of our oceans, vital for the health of coral reefs and other marine life. The discovery, made by a ...