How to Catch Crappies from Shore

No boat? That’s no problem this time of year when you can find piles of crappie in shallow water. Here's how to catch ...

These Tiny Fish Can Climb 50-Foot Waterfalls—and Scientists Finally Have Proof of Their Skills

For decades, people in Central Africa told stories about the tiny fish that could somehow scale tall waterfalls. Most ...
eLife

Negative-Valence Neurons in the Larval Zebrafish Pallium

This valuable work identifies a subpopulation of neurons in the larval zebrafish pallium that responds differentially to varying threat levels, potentially mediating the categorization of negative ...
AZ Animals on MSN

The largest Mekong giant catfish ever caught was as big as a grizzly bear

The Mekong River hides some of the largest freshwater fish on Earth, and in 2005, village fishermen in northern Thailand ...

See 16 Stars Who Once Played Little Sisters on TV All Grown Up

The youngest cast members of beloved sitcoms like 'Full House,' 'Growing Pains' and 'Jessie' aren't so small anymore. Here's ...

The baffling ecological disaster that's killing America’s freshwater mussels

Freshwater mussels are the kind most people don't even know exist. They live for decades—more than a century in some cases.
Scientific American

Freshwater mussels are disappearing—and no one is really sure why

Biologists are racing to save America’s freshwater mussels—the water-filtering keystone species that once filled the ...