Good News Notes: “Oceans play a vital role in life on earth, a role that affects humans in addition to whales, fish and turtles. Around 18 billion pounds of plastic are leaked into the ocean every single year — that’s equivalent to 1 billion elephants, 80 million blue whales or 25,000 Empire State Buildings. If…
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Tennessee 9-year-old reels in nearly 80-pound fish
Good News Notes: “A Tennessee 9-year-old earned bragging rights against his siblings when he caught and released a nearly 80-pound fish on a family trip. Coye Price was on a quest to catch a fish bigger than what his sisters reeled in when he hooked a 79.8-pound sturgeon in the area around Spencer Creek. Price’s…
Nez Perce Tribe trying to reestablish eel-like fishes in Idaho river
Good News Notes: “Biologists say some people might think when they first see a Pacific lamprey that it’s a snake, or possibly an eel. But they would be wrong. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game says the lamprey are eel-like primitive fishes that lack the jaws and paired fins of true fishes. Like salmon,…
Wild animals are exploring cities during coronavirus lockdowns
Good News Notes: “When humanity’s away, the animals will play. With much of the world driven indoors to quarantine during the coronavirus pandemic lockdown, some species not often seen — or, at least, rarely in such large numbers, and certainly not against such empty backdrops — are exploring cities, the Guardian reports. Photographers and social-media users…
These Fish Can Create Entirely New Species When They Have Sex
Good News Notes: “When humans choose the wrong mate, it can end in divorce. When cichlids choose the wrong mate, it can fuel the development of a whole new species.” “That’s not a bad outcome for what’s usually an unfortunate mistake, and it’s one of the main reasons this colourful little fish is so exceptionally…
Why the rare golden mahseer is thriving in Bhutan
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2019/07/golden-mahseer-conservation-bhutan/