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Fish eat bits of plastic because they think they smell good

Hungry fish are gulping down mouthfuls of plastic, perhaps because it smells like their favourite foods

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Goldfish go months without oxygen by making alcohol inside cells

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Goldfish go months without oxygen by making alcohol inside cells

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Genetically engineered salmon goes on sale for the first time

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Genetically engineered salmon goes on sale for the first time

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fish and chips

Earth

Taking back control must not mean a return to overfishing

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Medaka fish

Life

Fish can't recognise faces if they’re upside down – just like us

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Earth

Australia to expand commercial fishing in marine sanctuaries

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A salmon swimming upriver to spawn

Life

Baby salmon with ‘old’ DNA more likely to survive epic migration

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Man holding cod

Life

Now North Sea cod is sustainable, is it really ok to eat?

Analysis

humpback whale feeding next a salmon hatchery

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Whales sneak into shallow water to eat salmon from hatcheries

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crab

Earth

Bizarre new deep-sea creatures discovered off Australian coast

Faceless fish, giant sea spiders, and other strange species have been found 4-km-deep off the east coast of Australia

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Life

Fish recognise friends and foes through their unique faces

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Life

Giant bumphead parrotfish begin mating in their hundreds

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Earth

Geoengineering fears make scrutiny of ocean seeding test vital

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Fish boost photosynthesis by wafting water around corals

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