The final possible reason is that the anglerfish could have been swallowed or caught by a larger predator such as a pilot whale, seal, sea lion, or even a jellyfish. The predator could have swam ...

Gen Zers are crying an ocean over the saga of a small anglerfish that perished shortly after swimming to the surface, as seen ...

Chinese crime networks and Mexican cartels are using Canadian ports to trade highly lucrative fish bladders for the precursor ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Fish maw — the swim bladder of a fish — is one of the most expensive dried-seafood products in the world. A Chinese delicacy, it can fetch $450 to $1,000 per ...

Jara and his team were able to swim alongside and capture this rare sighting of the black seadevil, a species that usually inhabits the inky depths of the ocean ...

A new memo from Canada’s border service revealed a group known as the Dragon Cartel, where members are trading the endangered ...

People in TikTok are in literal tears after becoming obsessed with the story of an anglerfish who spent its final moments reaching for light on the ocean’s surface.

Fewer than 10 vaquitas, the world’s smallest porpoise, survive in the wild today, experts say. Illegal fishing has decimated ...

A minuscule fish can make a sound as loud as a gunshot by drumming on its own bladder, scientists have discovered. The creature, Danionella cerebrum, uses its swim bladder to create noises that ...

Native to Mexico's Upper Gulf of California, the totoaba fish has faced relentless poaching for decades because its swim bladder is highly coveted in China, where it's believed to have aphrodisiac and ...

This is only the second time the species has been recorded while alive. “I thought it was A.I.,” says fish biologist Kory Evans.

Like many of the other living fossil fish, the bichir is especially adapted to life in dry environments. Instead of a regular swim bladder it has a pair of modified "lungs," like those of the ...