The ambush was simple. A spotter on a hill would scan the sea and when he saw the big black fins approach, he would shout…
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From petri dish to plate: meet the company hoping to bring lab-grown fish to the table
The redbrick offices, just north of Hamburg’s River Elbe and a few floors below Carlsberg’s German headquarters, are an unexpectedly low-key setting for a food…
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On an overcast morning, several miles off Sardinia’s east coast, four men jump into a net where 49 giant Atlantic bluefin tuna are fighting for…
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Built like a torpedo, weighing more than a male polar bear when fully grown and fetching prices in Japan of more than £2m for a…
View More ‘It’s a bucket-list fish’: bluefin tuna are back in British seas – and so are the fishing boats‘Nemo’ clownfish drive away species with same stripes, study suggests
Unlike the star of Disney’s Finding Nemo, real-life common clownfish are not keen on sharing their home with members of their own species. Researchers say…
View More ‘Nemo’ clownfish drive away species with same stripes, study suggestsBaby shark! Researchers may have captured first image of newborn great white
Researchers in California may have gotten the first ever look at a newborn great white shark, which they captured in drone images taken last summer.…
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In a year of record-breaking temperatures and marine heatwaves threatening our already depleted seas, conservationists, supermarkets and even musicians, including Icelandic singer Björk, have spoken…
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Spectacular feeding frenzies of Atlantic bluefin tuna, surging numbers of glowworms, and a record-breaking breeding season for pied flycatchers are among the British wildlife highlights…
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It was low tide and forecast to be relatively calm, but when we arrived at the beach, white-crested waves were surging along the shore. Abandoning…
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A type of zooplankton found in marine and fresh water can ingest and break down microplastics, scientists have discovered. But rather than providing a solution…
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