Microplastic fibers from synthetic clothing have quietly become one of the most pervasive forms of pollution in rivers, oceans, and even agricultural soil. Now a new “fish mouth” filter, modeled on ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. On the heels of Valentine’s Day this week, I was thinking of how silly it is ...

Early jawless fish were likely to have used bony projections surrounding their mouths to modify their mouth shape while they collected food. Experts led by the University of Birmingham have used CT ...

Raising babies in your mouth is no guarantee that they’re your own — as some Australian mouthbrooding fish can attest 1. Males belonging to some species of river-dwelling fish guard their young by ...

The ancient evolution of fish mouths could help solve a modern source of plastic pollution. Inspired by these natural filtration systems, scientists in Germany have invented a way to remove 99 percent ...