When Lorian E. Schweikert, Ph.D., reeled in a hogfish on a fishing trip to the Florida Keys, she noticed something strange after setting it down on the deck of the boat. Hogfish are known for their ...
Why does a Caribbean angelfish sometimes resemble its Indo-Pacific cousin, even though they have never lived in the same ocean? Why do coral reefs harbor such a wide range of stripes, spots and ...
Reef fish in different oceans often develop similar color patterns because evolution explores the same set of biological ...
DEAR NOLA’S MOM: These peppy little fish, also known as Siamese fighting fish are customarily kept as solo pets. The main colors include: blue, red, turquoise, yellow, white and orange — and there are ...
The radiant plumage of flamingos wouldn’t be possible without their special diets. Neither would the color of salmon, or koi. The right food can even dye humans – especially babies. At a zoo I visited ...
The plan was simple: set a fish trap and see what appeared. After waiting more than an hour, the trap finally came back up from the canal. Inside were colorful fish that looked more like aquarium pets ...