Biologists, using a technique that explores both genes and structural characteristics, have introduced 10 new species of marine sponge. Despite their distinction as one of Earth's oldest lifeforms and ...

In addition to enhancing food safety, a further advantage is that seaweed extracts do not adversely affect the sensory properties of the fish, such as taste and texture.

A number of people caught a glimpse of the stunning animal "with a very big fish in its mouth" on Sunday ... The sightings were made at Shepperton Lock, near The Thames Court pub which overlooks ...

The Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Hon. Nestor Giro, on Tuesday afternoon, handed over a consignment of essential seaweed farming materials to a group of farmers representing seaweed ...

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See All Key Ideas Scientists and Indigenous community members documented 27 new-to-science species in Peru’s Alto Mayo region, including four new mammals and a bizarre “blob-headed” fish ...

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“Local buffet has what we call the koi ‘Saw’ trap,” one shared alongside the frightful image of a ground-level fish tank with a live power strip danging mere inches above the water.

"I am afraid," said the talkative 63-year-old on Lenin Avenue in Gomel, a town of half a million near where the borders of Belarus, Ukraine and Russia meet. "I want peace," the former electrician ...

The Washoe County Sheriff's Office is investigating a Wednesday homicide in the area of Fish Springs Road north of Reno. Deputies, along with Lassen County deputies from California, responded to a ...