Archer fish hunt using super-powered jet
Fish modulate water jet dynamics to increase impact on prey © Klaus Rudloff Archer fish knock their insect prey out of overhanging vegetation with a jet of water several times more powerful than the...
View ArticleNew tetra from the rio Xingu basin
Live specimen of E. altipinnis. © Netto-Ferreira et al. A new miniature characid genus and species from the rio Curuá at Serra do Cachimbo, Pará state, Brazil. has been described in the open access...
View ArticleApple snails eggs contain unique poison
Apple snails are now banned from the European aquatic trade after becoming established in Spain © Polarlys Apple snails of the genus Pomacea have been popular aquarium inhabitants for decades but were...
View ArticleRiver dolphin discovery raises questions about aquatic biodiversity
Inia araguaiaensis sp. nov. © Nicole Dutra A new freshwater dolphin from Brazil has been described in the journal PloS ONE, and represents the first such find in almost a century. True river dolphins,...
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