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Record-breaking two-tonne fish is the heaviest of its kind

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Record-breaking two-tonne fish is the heaviest of its kind

The record books say that the ocean sunfish is the heaviest bony fish alive, but in fact the specimen in question belongs to a different species

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What we're doing now will make the ocean completely unliveable

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What we're doing now will make the ocean completely unliveable

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Cavefish

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Blind cave fish lost eyes by unexpected evolutionary process

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Cutting off a shark fin

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Banning shark fin soup in the US is bad for shark conservation

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The sharksucker’s modified dorsal fin allows it to clamp on to other sea creatures

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Robots can hitch-hike on sharks thanks to ultrastrong sucker

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A fish

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There are hardly any old fish left in the ocean – and that’s bad

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Giant ocean fish farms to solve food security? There's a catch

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Giant ocean fish farms to solve food security? There's a catch

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'Mother' coral reefs are breathing life into their neighbours

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'Mother' coral reefs are breathing life into their neighbours

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shoal of silver fish against a green and blue background

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Fish eat bits of plastic because they think they smell good

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Goldfish go months without oxygen by making alcohol inside cells

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Goldfish go months without oxygen by making alcohol inside cells

Goldfish and crucian carp have evolved enzymes that turn carbohydrates into alcohol when no oxygen is available – helping the fish survive in ice-locked pools

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Genetically engineered salmon goes on sale for the first time

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Taking back control must not mean a return to overfishing

Leader

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Fish can't recognise faces if they’re upside down – just like us

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Australia to expand commercial fishing in marine sanctuaries

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