BISMARCK — North Dakota Game and Fish fisheries biologists spend a lot of time in fall surveying district lakes and the Missouri River System in North Dakota looking for natural fish reproduction, ...

Some species of fish can evolve their egg-laying habits in response to predators in the area in order to survive, according to new research. Some species of fish can evolve their egg-laying habits in ...

Not all fish play by the same reproductive rules. Evolutionary biology reveals how deception became a successful mating ...

Every year in September and October, fisheries biologists for the North Dakota Game and Fish Department conduct fall fish reproduction surveys on lakes and rivers in North Dakota. Game and Fish ...

Fish reproductive biology and ecology encompass a diverse range of phenomena from gametogenesis and spawning strategies to larval development and recruitment patterns. Recent studies have highlighted ...

There is a whole lot of plastic pouring into the ocean every day, and whole lot we don't know about the damage it causes. Looking to fill in these blanks is a team of Duke University scientists, who ...

An international study led by biologists from Monash University and the University of Tuscia has revealed how long-term exposure to pharmaceutical pollutants is dramatically altering fish behavior, ...

Polar fish experience lower mortality than tropical fish, allowing them to delay reproduction until later in life when they are larger and can produce more eggs, according to a study by Mariana ...

In mosquitofish, of the genus Gambusia, male fish are smaller than females -- sometimes only half the size. Biologists had previously assumed that smaller male mosquitofish had at least some ...

In the deep ocean, where sunlight never reaches, and food drifts down like confetti, survival is less about speed and more ...

A mussel has been captured on video flapping its mantle in an attempt to lure a fish to involuntarily serve as a host for its larvae. The short clip, which was posted online by the West Virginia ...

Ranging in size from about 2 to 6 inches, the killifish are ideal for evolutionary studies because they are highly adaptable to their surroundings. Some types of killifish are even known to be ...