If you're in the throes of setting up a home aquarium, you may be curious about the types of freshwater fish you can keep as a pet. Often the first fish that springs to mind is a goldfish, but there ...

While these classic aquarium setups are charming, you can go big with an exotic (and pricey) saltwater fish to really make a ...

In a river of western Brazil, an “armored” creature with bumpy lips swam through the “dark tea-colored” waters. Something about it caught the attention of nearby scientists — and for good reason. It ...

An aquarium hobbyist found a “large”-mouthed river creature and kept it as a pet. Scientists later identified it as a new species, a study said. Photo from Y K yokeboy via Unsplash Near a village in ...

Researchers have described a new fish species that's been popular in the aquarium trade since the early 2000s. Wild populations are rare and restricted to a small river basin along the ...

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Senior Lecturer in Neuroscience and Sleep Science, University of Surrey If 1,500 captive mammals suffocated to death in a zoo, their suffering would spark an outcry. So when a Berlin hotel aquarium ...

Near a village in northeastern India, a “dwarf”-like creature with a “large” mouth swam through the river — or tried to, at least. But something pulled it out of the water, moved it around and dropped ...