Ciguatera—a toxin that accumulates in reef fish—is a common cause of seafood poisoning. Learn which fish are safest to order ...

From the Atlantic to the Pacific, from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico, rising water temperatures and more frequent heat waves are changing what’s found under the surface. In 2024, Advance Local ...

It may be autumn in New England, but for Tim Silva and Danielle Orcutt the season has been decidedly tropical, and they've only had to travel as far as their family oyster grant in Orleans' ...

On Sept. 25, Tim Silva and Danielle Orcutt had a rare, tropical visitor to the family oyster grant in Orleans' Little Pleasant Bay. It was a tiny bright blue angelfish, hundreds of miles from its home ...

A team of science-minded kayakers and snorkelers in La Jolla Cove had the encounter of a lifetime when a dead oarfish washed to the ocean surface on Aug. 10, 2024. This deep-sea fish is incredibly ...

Tropical fish are accidentally carried north to New England each summer by the Gulf Stream current. A network of institutions and citizen scientists called the Gulf Stream Orphan Project tracks these ...

The main attraction in Seattle Aquarium’s new Ocean Pavilion is “The Reef,” a nearly-500,000-gallon-habitat filled with tropical species typically only seen in the Indo-Pacific ocean. (GeekWire Photo ...

Deep-sea fish adapt to some of the most extreme conditions on Earth. New research analyzing their evolution finds the same mutation across fish species that have evolved on separate timelines — ...

Which aquarium net is best? Keeping an aquarium is a relaxing and fun hobby, thanks to the tank’s gentle bubbling and the curious activities of tropical fish. However, removing fish and items from ...