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    Fish can do math, study finds
    Joseph Shavit
    • Apr 4

    Fish can do math, study finds

    Cichlids and stingrays can perform simple addition and subtraction in the number range of one to five as shown in a recent study.
    Sharks take naps with their eyes open!
    Joseph Shavit
    • Mar 19

    Sharks take naps with their eyes open!

    It turns out these predators love to grab a nap when there’s nothing going on and some actually sleep with their eyes wide open!
    Biohybrid fish made from heart muscle cells swims and could lead to artificial hearts
    Joseph Shavit
    • Feb 16

    Biohybrid fish made from heart muscle cells swims and could lead to artificial hearts

    Researchers have developed the first fully autonomous biohybrid fish from human stem-cell derived cardiac muscle cells.
    Researchers discover how eating fish protects our brains from air pollution
    Joseph Shavit
    • Feb 3

    Researchers discover how eating fish protects our brains from air pollution

    Older women who eat more than one to two servings a week of baked or broiled fish or shellfish may counteract the effects of air pollution.
    Researchers discover that fish talk a lot and have been for over 155 million years
    Joseph Shavit
    • Jan 28

    Researchers discover that fish talk a lot and have been for over 155 million years

    Fish are far more likely to communicate with sound than generally thought—and some fish have been doing this for at least 155 million years.
    Lighted nets shown to dramatically reduce wildlife bycatch while making fishing more efficient
    Joseph Shavit
    • Jan 22

    Lighted nets shown to dramatically reduce wildlife bycatch while making fishing more efficient

    Researchers have found that using lighted nets greatly reduced accidental bycatch of sharks, rays, sea turtles, and unwanted finfish.
    World's largest fish breeding area discovered in Antarctica
    Joseph Shavit
    • Jan 14

    World's largest fish breeding area discovered in Antarctica

    Near the Filchner Ice Shelf in the south of the Antarctic Weddell Sea, researchers found the world's largest fish breeding area known.
    Fish can count according to new research on Banded Archerfish
    Joseph Shavit
    • Jan 3

    Fish can count according to new research on Banded Archerfish

    A trio of researchers at the University of Trento, in Italy, has found via experimentation that archerfish can distinguish between numbers.
    Robots use fear to turn the tide against invasive fish species
    Joseph Shavit
    • Dec 18, 2021

    Robots use fear to turn the tide against invasive fish species

    Researchers engineered a robot to scare mosquitofish away, revealing how fear alters its behavior, physiology and fertility.
    Meet the fish guarding genetic secrets that can unravel humanity’s evolution
    Joshua Shavit
    • Sep 7, 2021

    Meet the fish guarding genetic secrets that can unravel humanity’s evolution

    As we live and breathe, ancient-looking fish known as bowfin are guarding genetic secrets that that can help unravel humanity’s evolution
    Flying fish! State re-stocks southern Utah lakes from the air
    Joseph Shavit
    • Jul 13, 2021

    Flying fish! State re-stocks southern Utah lakes from the air

    We've all heard of flying fish, but thousands of juvenile trout took a nosedive from an airplane as part of efforts to replenish lakes

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