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Fish anaesthesia is a critical component of both aquaculture and experimental research, facilitating procedures ranging from routine handling and tagging to invasive surgical interventions. In this ...

Social stress is bad for your brain. It’s a prime suspect in the accumulation of oxidative stress in the brain, which is believed to contribute to mental health and neurodegenerative disorders — but ...

Stressed fish tend to become unhealthy fish, so it's very important that fish farm operators spot stress as early as possible. A new AI-based system could help them do so, by monitoring the rate at ...

It’s why Colorado Parks and Wildlife closely monitors popular angling spots throughout the year for warming water temperatures, declining stream flows, high sediment loads, and other aggravating ...

Keeping freshwater and saltwater fish in an aquarium environment isn’t always straightforward. They are sensitive creatures and easily succumb to stress if something in their habitat is off. Noticing ...

In a surprising twist on ‘What doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger,’ scientists have discovered that the poop from fish that predate on coral provides a massive payload of crucial microscopic ...

I wish that fish responded to stress the way that some people do. Some people, when in a stressful situation, eat more than usual. Fish usually respond to stress by eating less. A lot less. Fishing ...

“We found that low rank was generally linked to higher levels of oxidative stress in the brain,” study co-author and Central Michigan University biologist Peter Dijkstra said in a statement. “The ...