A SWIMMING HEAD, THE SUNFISH
The Sunfish The largest bony fish in the world is the ocean sunfish Mola mola. These behemoths can grow up…
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Super sense of fish
Fish use their sense of sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch to gain accurate and up-to-date information about the surrounding…
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Sensory system of fish
Accurate, up-to-date information about the surrounding environment is very important in order to make optimal decisions about possible threats, prey,…
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Endemic red romans
The red roman Chrysoblephus laticeps is a species of seabream endemic to southern Africa and found from Namibia to Port…
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Are we eating plastic eating fish?
Plastics are one of humans’ most recent ubiquitous and long-lasting changes to Earth’s surface. Due to the durable, inexpensive, lightweight,…
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Twists and turns of the swift tern
Terns are beautiful, elegant seabirds, closely related to the gulls, skimmers, and skuas. Here in Plettenberg Bay we are fortunate…
Read moreThe voice of Africa
There is perhaps not a more distinctive call in all of Africa than that of the African fish eagle Haliaeetus…
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The world’s largest living fish
We had an interesting visitor into the Knysna lagoon recently, a whale shark Rhincodon typus. Whale sharks are very large,…
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Seismic survey effects on turtles, fish, and invertebrates
When one thinks about sound in a marine environment, the clicks and squeals of dolphins, and long songs of the…
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Fishing for science
The perilous state of many fish stocks worldwide is well known, as well as the data deficient status of many…
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