NCBI’s BioCollections is a curated database of metadata for institutions that house specimens, cultures, and other biological materials. These institutions include museums, herbaria, stock centers, an...

NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service today rescinded a regulation that prohibited commercial fishing within the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument boundaries. This action was...

The Navajini is a clade of Neotropical electric fishes specialized to inhabit deep river channels in the lowland Amazonian, with species that exhibit high craniofacial disparity and a highly conservat...

Researchers suggest the rows of pointed structures on the heads of spotted ratfish are true teeth, offering the first known example of teeth located outside the jaw

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A blowup on Bluesky reveals what drives those who are most keen to say that they stand for the oppressed.

A 38-day expedition in the remote Alto Mayo region, where development threatens wild habitats, turned up one previously unknown animal after another.

It has been another amazingly busy and successful year for JRS! During 2024 I was privileged to engage with our outstanding grantees and personally monitor fieldwork progress through 21 site visits an...

Key innovations are traits that trigger the rapid evolution of new species occupying novel niches. Fresh genetic evidence reveals that the modified throat jaws of some fishes, thought to be a textbook...