Flashback Friday: Before they Hatch
Following the fall-run Chinook salmon spawning season, little salmon eggs are now beginning to develop in the gravel of river beds throughout Read More…
How Snacking Suckers Engineer an Ecosystem
Environmental engineering is a growing industry, but many species of plants and animals have been experts at modifying ecosystems for Read More…
Film Friday: Trout Waiting for Salmon Eggs
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Salmon migrate hundreds of miles just to lay their eggs, but some of the eggs never stand a chance. Hungry Read More…
Flashback Friday: Slime Time
Are you ready to celebrate National Hagfish Day next week? If not, hopefully today's Flashback Friday can put you in the mood for slime.
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Flashback Friday: Rings in Their Ears
Today's Flashback Friday tells the story of fish ear bones, or otoliths, and our encounter with a hefty otolith in the Mekong Basin.
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World Record Weigh-in for Monstrous Mystery Fish
It’s not every day that a world record is broken in the realm of fishing, and it’s even rarer to see it with your own eyes. But such an Read More…
Flashback Friday: Winter-Run Salmon and Temperature
In today's Flashback Friday, we explore the delicate dance required to keep water cool enough for winter-run Chinook salmon in the Sacramento Read More…
Flashback Friday: Feminized Fish and the Power of Pollution
Today's Flashback Friday reveals how pharmaceutical products in our waterways have the power to feminize male fish – even inside protected Read More…
Food Flight: Fish Hitch a Ride in Bird Guts
Fish can show up in remarkable places, like ponds disconnected from any other body of water or remote alpine lakes. Sure, sometimes they get Read More…
Plenty of fish in the stream
Earth is a blue planet, with less than a third of its surface rising above the oceans that dominate the globe. However, of all the water Read More…