Shaking up conventional belief and previous observations, Donald Stewart, a fisheries professor at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF), has published his research findings in a recent issue of the journal Copeia, describing sub-species of the arapaima, … more →

Cicadas are the sound of summer, as well as a unique hatch to fish on the fly. And once every 17 years, the annual “dog days” cicadas, as Dr. Matt Frye of Cornell University explains, are joined by periodical cicadas … more →

Among known vertebrates, of which there are around 50,000, there is only one that lacks red blood cells and hemoglobin: Chaenocephalus aceratus, also known as the Icefish. Its blood runs transparent, like the icy waters it calls home.  And the … more →

For their aerial grace they’re admired, and many an angler has stood transfixed by their acrobatics while fishing a stillwater lake or pond. However recent research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences sheds light on one … more →