Researchers have successfully decoded the first genome of a flatfish -- half-smooth tongue sole, providing insights into ZW sex chromosome evolution and adaptation to a benthic lifestyle. The genetic ...

Pelagic fish – species that occupy the water column of the open ocean, neither near the bottom nor near the shore – are more impacted by both human pressure and protection than bottom-dwelling benthic ...

From tiny benthic dwellers to ocean giants, sharks have adapted and thrived for over 450 million years, surviving multiple mass extinctions. Rare fossil finds and new studies are rewriting our ...

The alternative text for this image may have been generated using AI. The generally positive response of the large-bodied zooplankton to the declining forage fish biomass supports this hypothesis. The ...

Scientists from the Zoological Museum of Moscow State University and the Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences have described a new species of golden plucker from the ...