Swim bladder disease is a very common health condition that affects many types of fish. In short, it makes it difficult for ...

Mexican authorities operating in the northern Gulf of California dismantled more than 9,000 meters of mesh nets which had ...

Over a decade after being relegated to the “world’s ugliest animal,” the blobfish made a resounding comeback and earned the ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Fish maw — the swim bladder of a fish — is one of the most expensive dried-seafood products in the world. A Chinese delicacy, it can fetch $450 to $1,000 per ...

NIH’s plan to reduce indirect funds faced immense backlash from researchers. A federal judge ruled to extend the halt to cuts until a final decision is made. A series of rodent experiments showed that ...

Narrator: This water-filled, Jell-O-like layer allows the blobfish to stay somewhat buoyant, which is important because blobfishes don't have a swim bladder. Stein: And fishes that have swim ...

People created fan art, poems, and TikTok videos and even got tattoos depicting the anglerfish's " search for the sun. " One of the most-liked images shows a painting of an anglerfish rising to the ...

Vaquitas were regularly drowning in gill nets meant for shrimp and totoabas, a fish whose swim bladder is a delicacy in China. In 1975, after the totoaba was declared endangered, Mexico outlawed ...

Vaquitas get caught in illegal gillnets that fishermen use to target totoaba, a fish whose swim bladder can go for tens of thousands of dollars per kilo on the international black market.