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Cartilaginous fish (sharks/rays) possess a single T2R gene, T2R1, which is the same as the one found in humans, allowing them to taste bitter substances. Screening of 94 human bitter substances revealed 11 that could activate the sharks' receptors. This suggests the original form of these bitter taste receptors was…

The Neretva, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, is one of the most biodiverse rivers on the continent – supporting bears, wolves, lynx and many rare species – but more than 50 planned dams could permanently transform the ecosystem

Aquaculture has been the fastest growing food sector in the world for decades, and people now eat more farmed fish than wild fish

Families of fishermen in Beypore harbour, Kozhikode, call for improved security due to clashes between migrant workers and suspected drug pushers. Police aid post reopening is their major demand. No identity documents for fishers and fish workers, making it difficult to identify wanderers. Intensified night patrol by Coastal Police and…

I first set foot in the Pyrenees in 2006. Two years later, I began a large-scale survey of mountain lakes and amphibian populations: from east to west, I covered more than 100 mountain lakes located in the eastern Pyrenees to the Béarn region (Pyrénées-Atlantiques).

Hundreds of fishers will be compensated after the Queensland government moved to phase out gillnet fishing on the Great Barrier Reef by 2027.

MBARI researchers came across a rarely seen dreamer anglerfish off California's coast. Video footage of the alien-looking fish only shows its silhouette because its skin is so dark it absorbs almost all of the light that hits it.

I COMPLETELY agree with Bradley Perrett's vision for the remaining Honeysuckle development ("Honeysuckle idea simply sucks", Newcastle Herald, 10/11), the supposed centrepiece of the city's waterfront development. No one would deny the need for more social and affordable housing, but not on the remaining section of Honeysuckle. There is an…