FISH

A recent study showed that while humans require only 10 to 100 ‘bugs’ to cause endophthalmitis, and mice require 5,000 before infection, in zebrafish, even 250,000 bacteria won’t cause the eye infection

University of Exeter researchers studied leadership in guppies by selectively breeding for fish that differed in how likely they were to lead a scouting party to examine a predator

UD researchers find fish give 'fins up' to printed coral models

Researchers report that memory in the form of 'DNA methylation' is preserved between generations of fish, in contrast to humans where this is almost entirely erased

Environmental factors, such as rising sea temperatures and over-fishing, impact levels of mercury in fish

The findings help explain how the fish undertake arduous upstream migrations, and could help species acclimate to elevated water temperatures associated with climate change

Icelandic, descaled cod fish skins can help heal burn and other medical procedures in humans and animals

The artificial reefs created by these structures may be acting as stepping stones for fish that are moving northward and living at the edge of their geographic range

Wild fish release chemicals called 'disturbance cues' to signal to other fish about nearby dangers

The coelacanth is so rare it was thought to have gone extinct with dinosaurs more than 65 million years ago