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The Ebony Anglers Are Changing the Face of Competitive Fishing

The Ebony Anglers are helping to redefine competitive fishing.

The Ebony Anglers Are Changing the Face of Competitive Fishing

See the Big Winners of Nikon’s Microscopic Photo Competition

This year's first place finisher is a young zebrafish photographed from above.

See the Big Winners of Nikon’s Microscopic Photo Competition

Police In Wareham, Massachusetts Beg Residents to Stop Calling In About a Sunfish

K Schneider, Flickr // CC BY-NC 2.0

Police In Wareham, Massachusetts Beg Residents to Stop Calling In About a Sunfish

New Expedition Will Explore the 1898 Shipwreck Known as ‘New England’s Titanic’—And You Can Livestream It

Blood stars and Acadian redfish lurk near plates and a stove from the Portland.

New Expedition Will Explore the 1898 Shipwreck Known as ‘New England’s Titanic’—And You Can Livestream It

The 10 Best Shark Movies of All Time, According to Rotten Tomatoes

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How to See August’s Full Sturgeon Moon

It'd be pure lunacy to skip an opportunity to see this beauty.

Oops! Scientists Accidentally Created a New Hybrid Fish

Two sturddlefish siblings from the experiment.

31 Facts About Sharks

Photo by Jakob Owens on Unsplash

A Prehistoric Great White Shark Nursery Has Been Discovered in Chile

Great white sharks used prehistoric nurseries to protect their young.

An Aquarium in Japan Wants You to FaceTime With Its Shy Eels

"Don't let me be lon-eel-y tonight."

Why Isn't Fish Considered Meat During Lent?

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41 Golden Facts About McDonald's

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Need More Penis Fish In Your Life? A California Aquarium Has a Livestream

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Why Thousands of 'Penis Fish' Washed Up on a California Beach

Kate Montana, iNaturalist // CC BY-NC 4.0

The Horrors of Anglerfish Mating

Masaki Miya et al. "Evolutionary history of anglerfishes (Teleostei: Lophiiformes): a mitogenomic perspective," BMC Evolutionary Biology 10, article number: 58 (2010), Wikimedia Commons // CC BY 2.0

Invasive Snakehead Fish That Can Breathe on Land Is Roaming Georgia

Mohd Fazlin Mohd Effendy Ooi, Flickr // CC BY 2.0
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