The invasive lionfish has reached a new northern record in the Mediterranean Sea. Scuba divers captured two specimens (Pterois cf. miles) in the Croatian Adriatic, off the islands of Brac and Šolta. While these isolated findings do...
Stings from venomous fishes can cause scuba divers and swimmers extreme pain, and even death.
With climate change causing fish to change locations and aiding invasive species. This means that divers' interactions with stinging...
Seen sea snake in the Red Sea? It's actually a spotted snake eel: there are no sea snakes in the Red Sea. The spotted snake eel mimics the venomous reptiles by looking and moving like a serpent...
"Nearly 50% of the scientific publications for the fishes studied only concerned a subset of 1% of the species"
The most threatened reef fishes are the most overlooked by scientists and the general public. That...
Scientists from Osaka Metropolitan University have demonstrated that a fish species employs physical punishment to elicit helping efforts from their offspring, indicating advanced social and cognitive skills previously thought to be unique to higher vertebrates.
They are enormous. largest of the moray eels, growing up to 3 m and weighing 30 kg. Giant Moray Eels undergo a sex change during growth, changing from male to female.
100 Times as deadly as the venom of the black widow spider
This newly described species is found only in the Red Sea. Often confused with Hector's goby, Hosai's goby has a yellow stripe going over its eye and rejoining behind.
How many manta rays are in the Seychelles? Where are they going? When are they there? All is revealed.
The warming Mediterranean exacerbates the problem of invasive lionfish. What can divers do?