Hacker News with Generative AI: Fish

Salmon Exposed to Anti-Anxiety Medication Pollution Take More Risks (smithsonianmag.com)
Humans take a lot of medication, and small doses of those drugs—including antibiotics, antidepressants, birth control and more—find their way in the environment through wastewater, even after it’s treated.

Environmental Pollution, Pharmaceuticals, Animal Behavior, Fish, Science

29 points by chimpanzee 7 days ago | 3 comments

Stargazer (Fish) (wikipedia.org)
The stargazers are a family, Uranoscopidae, of perciform fish that have eyes on top of their heads (hence the name).

Fish, Biology, Science, Marine Life

5 points by thunderbong 187 days ago | 1 comments

Sea robins use leg-like fins to taste, navigate seafloor, researchers discover (phys.org)
Sea robins are ocean fish particularly suited to their bottom-dwelling lifestyle.

Science, Marine Biology, Fish, Research, Animal Behavior

54 points by wglb 210 days ago | 8 comments

New Zealand scientists discover ghostly 'spookfish' (phys.org)
Scientists in New Zealand said Tuesday they have discovered a new species of "ghost shark", a type of fish that prowls the Pacific Ocean floor hunting prey more than a mile down.

New Zealand, Marine Biology, Fish, Science

28 points by wglb 212 days ago | 4 comments

Octopuses seen hunting together with fish (nbcnews.com)
Octopuses don’t always hunt alone — but their partners aren’t who you’d expect.