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Cell-based fish from bioreactor.

Bluu Biosciences, a German start-up specializing in the development and production of cell-based fish, has developed a process for cell-based fish production. The company plans

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Adapted Skeletons Help Fish Survive

In 2017, a new species of fish called Pseudoliparis swirei was discovered in the Mariana Trench at a depth of 8,134 meters. Despite the harsh

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Deepest Living Fish Found in Marianas Trench

In a groundbreaking discovery, a team of researchers from the University of Washington has caught a previously unknown fish in the Mariana Trench, the deepest

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Coasts of North and Baltic Seas polluted by microplastics

Microplastics in northern German waters are attracting toxins at a much higher rate than previously thought, according to a recent study. The tiny plastic particles

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Teaching Fish to Walk: Biologists’ Experiment

In a groundbreaking experiment, biologists at the University of Ottawa have successfully raised Polypterus fish, also known as bichirs or ropefish, on land for eight

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Fish swarm tricks visual perception

Silver fish such as sardines, herrings, and sprats have a unique way of tricking predators by avoiding the optical effect of polarisation. When light hits

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Mystery Whale Washes Up in New Zealand

For over 100 years, international researchers have been searching for the elusive beaked whale, of which only a few bone fragments and a sketch existed.