Fish
Texas is expecting the end of days (VIDEO)
August 03, 2011Elena Vnorovscaia / Chişinău / Moldova.ORG / -- A Texas lake waters turned blood-red this summer. The OC Fisher Reservoir in San Angelo State Park that was favorite fishing spot in West Texas, dried up, with lonely fish skeletons left in the basin and...
Wildlife officials review protected areas
November 28, 2007The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will amend decisions regarding the habitat of seven endangered species made by a disgraced California official. Wildlife regulators notified the House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Nick J. Rahall II, D-W.Va...
Fish soup alleged motive for killing
October 19, 2007A Texas man allegedly killed a longtime acquaintance because he was tired of being teased -- with the last incident an insult to his fish soup. Miguel Angel Ruiz is on trial in San Antonio, The San Antonio Express-News reported. Prosecutors Wednesday...
Naming rights to fish species auctioned
September 24, 2007Naming rights for 10 newly discovered species of fish were auctioned off in Monaco this week for a total of $2 million. Proceeds from the auction benefited conservation programs in Indonesia, where the fish were discovered. The Washington Post...
Lake fish mercury accumulations studied
September 21, 2007U.S. environmentalists have found reducing atmospheric mercury emissions can quickly reduce mercury levels in lake fish. A three-year study by the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center showed an increase in mercury loading at rates relevant to...
Fish mercury linked to atmospheric levels
September 19, 2007Canadian and U.S. scientists have, for the first time, shown mercury levels in fish respond directly to changes in the chemical's atmospheric deposition. "Up to now a direct link has been difficult to establish because of all the other factors...
Md. looks for solution to crab pot problem
September 17, 2007Tens of thousands of abandoned crab pots are frustrating fishermen and boaters and harming the ecosystem of the Chesapeake Bay. The pots, which often float out to sea during storms, kill wildlife, disrupt navigation and get stuck in boat propellers...
Scientists watch fish watching fish
January 26, 2007STANFORD, Calif., Jan. 25 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists watching fish say they discovered the fish carefully watching fights between rivals to find out who is "top fish" in the school. Logan Grosenick and his Stanford University colleagues found...