You might think of snails as the little shelled creatures that you find crawling in your garden, or even as a delicacy of ...

You've probably seen pufferfish on TV or at your local aquarium, puffing up like a balloon when they're startled. But there's way more to pufferfish than their signature defense mechanism. They're a ...

Panoramic views from across our waterway and backyard. In a neighborhood of primarily brick and mortar, it’s especially noticeable that our backyard landscape is a tropical forest, thanks to our ...

Two river otters residing at Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium died after their evacuation ... who frequently spend more time with the fish and marine mammals than with their own families.

Got a problem with algae in your aquarium? These fish will all earn their ... Any of the Ancistrus group make great algae eating additions to the tropical tank. Previously only known as drab, ugly ...

Not sure what you should do if you find a fish gasping for air? Here's our advice on what ... Check the temperature, as it should be about 24-28°C/75-82°F for a tropical freshwater tank. In hot ...

As a lake researcher, I have in recent years had quite a few people ask me whether jellyfish really do live in lakes. Some ...

For Orleans oyster farmers Tim Silva and Danielle Orcutt, it was unusual to find a tropical fish last month. How many have ...

Arapaima are the largest freshwater fish in South America—and a keystone species in the Amazon River ecosystem.

Under the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, there is growing recognition of the value of fresh water and the ...

A new paper published today, led by Chicago's Shedd Aquarium, reveals how volunteers across Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan ...

A study conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in 2009 revealed mercury contamination in every fish analyzed. The ...