TOKYO -- Celebrity ichthyologist Sakana-kun donned his trademark fish cap and urged legislators to consider environmental issues from the perspective of ocean life during an appearance at a Feb. 12 ...

Although Prosanta Chakrabarty grew up in Queens, he always loved nature. The wonder of the world's creatures inspired him to study biology, a field that illuminates which of Earth’s beings are related ...

From time to time, exotic species break loose inside our borders and start bullying their way around. The kudzu carpets every green thing in its path. Carp from Europe dominate in places where native ...

Sri Lankan scientists have identified a new genus of fresh water fish and named it after the evolutionary biologist and renowned atheist Richard Dawkins. A University of Sydney taxonomist has built on ...

An ichthyologist from the Wildlife Conservation Society’s New York Aquarium received the ultimate honor recently, when a freshwater fish discovered on the African island nation of Madagascar was named ...