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Meet the Coelacanth

Learn about the fish that was once thought to be extinct.

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Un pescador de una pesquería a pequeña escala de Honduras se embarca en una excursión de pesca.

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Medidas Inteligentes Rastrea las Presiones de Pesca

A blue parrotfish hides among coral.

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Tough Teeth and Parrotfish Poop

On coral reefs fish are important links in the food chain that sustains higher-order predators (including humans) and keeps everything in balance.

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Fish Get Risky Around Oil

A tornado of sardines swirls around diver and photographer Erwin Poliakoff in the Philippines.

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Why the Littlest Fish Matter a Whole Lot

A school of akule (Hawaiian for bigeye scad) explode into a camera's frame.

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Following the Akule

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A female napoleon wrasse swims by a reef

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An App Helps Scientists Combat Illegal Fish Trade

Thumbnail of a parrotfish with huge front teeth.

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Feeding Humphead Parrotfish

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Fish Illustrations

a graphic of 10 illustrated fish

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The Complicated Tale of Salmon and Trout

A screenshot from the video showing a Palauan primitive cave eel.

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Video of the Palauan primitive cave eel (Protanguilla palau)

A Pontoh pygmy seahorse

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10 Things You Never Knew About Seahorses

A small gray fish with two orange stripes, hides in between corals.

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Tiny Fishes Fuel Coral Reefs

Hawaiian monk seals are among the wildlife found within the Papahānaumokuākea World Heritage Site.

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Struggling to Survive, But with a Chance to Thrive

A photo of a sea toad specimen.

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A Sub and a Sea Toad

Grey reef sharks are among the most versatile and tough predators on a Pacific coral reef, but they are also among the most vulnerable species, as they are threatened by wasteful fishing practices like shark finning.

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Where the Shark and the Snapper Roam

Photo of the head of a leafy seadragon

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Devoted Dads: From Seahorses to Sea Spiders

A school of mahi mahi.

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From Larvae to Adults – Finding Impacts of an Oil Spill on Mahi-Mahi