A colorful reef fish from the Maldives is the first new-to-science species to be described by a Maldivian scientist. Cirrhilabrus finifenmaa has been named by Ahmed Najeeb, a biologist from the ...

Tuna, opah, and billfishes such as marlins and swordfish are among the 0.1% of fish species that are warm-blooded. Evidence by an international team of researchers led by UC San Diego’s Scripps ...

The World's Forgotten Fishes report is a celebration of freshwater fishes – and it’s a call to action too. Rivers, lakes and wetlands are among the most biodiverse places on earth. They cover less ...

A team of researchers led by UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography has discovered a new species of fish—a member of the eelpout family—that lives in the eastern Pacific Ocean off Costa ...

Migratory species don’t travel with a passport, but they cross borders all the time. This makes the animals’ conservation a uniquely challenging, international effort. That effort needs a lot of work, ...