COLLEGE STATION, Feb. 9, 2011 — When you’ve got to go, you’ve got to go — upstream, that is, if you are a male swordtail fish seeking a mate, according to research from Texas A&M University.
A recent study led by Texas A&M biologists Dr. Gi…
Things are not always what they seem when it comes to fish — something scientists at the Smithsonian Institution and the Ocean Science Foundation are finding out. Using modern genetic analysis, combined with traditional examination of morphology,…
CORVALLIS, Ore. — Genetic research is showing that healthy steelhead runs in Pacific Northwest streams can depend heavily on the productivity of their stay-at-home counterparts, rainbow trout.
Steelhead and rainbow trout look different, grow d…
Montreal, January 26, 2011 — Not all trout are created equal. Those swimming up the streams of British Columbia might resemble their cousins from Quebec, yet their genetic makeup is regionally affected and has an impact on how they reproduce, …
ANN ARBOR, Mich.—Mercury contamination, a worldwide environmental problem, has been called “public enemy No. 1” in California’s San Francisco Bay.
Mercury mining and gold recovery in the mid-1800s to late 1900s, combined with present day oil ref…
ANN ARBOR, Mich.—New observations by University of Michigan astronomers add weight to the theory that the most massive stars in the universe could form essentially anywhere, including in near isolation; they don’t need a large stellar cluster…
