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'Fish of a lifetime': Woman spears 4th-largest ever sturgeon, bigger than her own body
FOND DU LAC, Wis. — So often anglers tell tales of the fish they've caught and the stories are much bigger than the fishes themselves. That wasn't the case for 22-year-old Hayley Herzig ...
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In Search of the World’s Megafishes
He and the MegaFishes Project plan to help. The world’s largest freshwater fish, many weighing more than 200 pounds, face the biggest threat. Working with a network of more than 100 scientists ...
Blobfish overcomes notoriety as ‘world’s ugliest animal’ to win New Zealand’s ‘fish of the year’
It has been a dramatic change of fortunes for the blobfish. Back in 2013, the gelatinous sea creature was declared the ...
Blobfish, once dubbed 'world's ugliest animal,' named fish of the year in New Zealand
Once dubbed the "world's ugliest animal," the blobfish – scientific name Psychrolutes marcidus – has been named New Zealand's ...
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Whale sharks: Meet the world’s biggest shark
Sharks are a group of fish with skeletons made from cartilage instead of bone. There are more than 500 species of shark found across the world, and they range in size from centimetres long to ocean ...
Blobfish once deemed ‘world’s ugliest animal’ wins New Zealand ‘fish of the year’
The decidedly unattractive creature dominated the competition in the contest run by Mountains to Sea Conservation Trust, ...