Tag: fish

May 9, 2022

Native species can tolerate invaders in the lowland floodplains

Invasive bullfrogs and sunfish in the southwestern Washington floodplains don’t seem to be a detriment to native amphibians and fish in the area. That’s surprising, researchers say, since that isn’t...

October 29, 2021

TWS2021: Climate change may shift seal prey in Arctic

Climate change could change the number and location of fish that seals prey on in Hudson Bay by the end of the century, likely affecting seal populations. Past studies have...

May 17, 2021

Putting googly eyes on buoys can save seabirds

Adding a pair of google eyes to a buoy can help deter seabirds from getting tangled in fishing gear. Gillnets particularly damage 400,000 seabirds a year. The birds can smell...

April 14, 2021

Watch: A wolf’s point of view

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to see the world from a wolfs perspective? For the first time, researchers have released footage taken from a wild wolf’s...

June 21, 2019

Watch: Bald eagles possess swimming talent

A bald eagle was recently caught on camera swimming in Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire. This isn’t the first time someone witnessed and recorded this, and experts say it’s actually...

April 22, 2019

European Union plans to ban common pesticides

The European Union plans to ban one of the most common pesticides in the world due to concerns about the pesticide posing a high risk to amphibians and fish as...

April 19, 2019

Student earns award for research on invasive quagga mussels, goby fish

A student from Northern Michigan University earned the award for top research project at the Michigan Chapter of the American Fisheries Society-Wildlife Society meeting. Biology graduate student and teaching assistant...

April 3, 2019

Fish and wildlife organizations join forces for virtual journal

While they might seem to occupy distinct ecosystems at first glance, fish and wildlife conservation often overlaps. The American Fisheries Society and The Wildlife Society recently released a virtual journal...

February 13, 2019

Can ‘big data’ help protect threatened turtles?

New tools using ocean data, including weather and ocean chemistry, are helping determine where fisherman can avoid bycatch of protected sea turtles and other species. Using information that predicts people’s...

February 12, 2019

Chernobyl wildlife scavenge on fish

Wildlife in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone — the area surrounding the nuclear disaster in Ukraine — have been documented scavenging on fish carcasses, offering more evidence that wildlife is abundant...