It's time for our science news roundup from Short Wave, NPR's science podcast. I am joined by Emily Kwong and Jessica Yung - good to have you both back here. EMILY KWONG, BYLINE: Hi, Ari. JESSICA YUNG ...
In the warm waters emanating from Ontario's largest nuclear plant, fish are gathering by the thousands. Ahead of an Earth Day ...
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Evolution has created some pretty crazy things, and the head of this fish is definitely one of them. The rockhead poacher (Bothragonus swanii) is small, armored, and shaped remarkably like a stone.
For decades, people in Central Africa told stories about the tiny fish that could somehow scale tall waterfalls. Most ...
A giant fish in Asia’s Mekong River that scientists believed to be extinct has been spotted three times after almost 20 years, according to a new study. The “ghost’ fish,” a large salmon carp, is ...
Mesopelagic fish, long overlooked in ocean chemistry, are now proven to excrete carbonate minerals much like their shallow-water counterparts—despite living in dark, high-pressure depths. Using the ...
In 2023, Massachusetts made national history. Gov. Maura Healey signed Executive Order 618, committing Massachusetts to set biodiversity conservation goals to protect land and water, restore critical ...
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Emily Kwong and Jessica Yung about hearing regeneration in fish and lizards, cures for the loneliness epidemic, and the secrets of a radiation-resistant microorganism.