A study of East African coral reefs has uncovered an unfolding calamity for the region: plummeting fish populations due to overfishing, which in turn could produce widespread food insecurity. A study ...

Fisheries serve as a source of employment for millions of people in the small scale sector on the coastline of Africa. Their fishing activities, in turn, provide food security to over 200 million ...

A new WWF report is sounding the alarm on Africa’s freshwater fish: one in four fish species it assessed is at risk of extinction. These declines threaten not only biodiversity, but also the food ...

Banding together to sell fishing rights could generate economic benefits for African countries, which receive far less from access to their fisheries on the global market than other countries do from ...

Often unassuming and cloaked in dull shades of brown or gray, freshwater fish have long been overlooked when it comes to conservation. It’s come at a cost, with as many as a third of global ...

Meet the shellear fish from Congo, Africa: a tiny creature with extraordinary rock-climbing aspirations. Its existence was scientifically recorded for the first time, in a recent study. Hailed as ...

Aug. 8 (UPI) --New research confirms hybridization is a boon for evolution. Similar species sharing habitat sometimes mate. If they're genetically compatible, these species can spawn hybrids.

Penguins have been observed using teamwork to improve their fish-catching efficiency. African penguins (Spheniscus demersus) work together to corral fish into “bait balls”, making them easier to catch ...