New Studies on Fish Pain and Cognition
Fish are now thought to feel pain in a way that is comparable to land animals. Although not all scientists agree, the consensus that fishes actually do suffer like us…
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Fish are now thought to feel pain in a way that is comparable to land animals. Although not all scientists agree, the consensus that fishes actually do suffer like us…
More on Mimicry, Mutualism and Symbiosis by Steve Reynolds I keep returning back to my roots. As reported in The Colour of Fish in 2017, my first ever attempt at…
More Senator Fish Behaviour by Steve Reynolds In my report Recent Return to Rapid I wrote about how I came across a male senator wrasse just laying ahead of me.…
Recent Return to Rapid by Steve Reynolds I returned to Rapid Bay jetties, for the first time in two months, for a dive on 5th June. My dive was particularly…
More About Peculiar Colour Patterns in Fish by Steve Reynolds I was happy to see a few good-sized Moonlighters, Tilodon sexfasciatus, swimming beneath the old Rapid Bay jetty during my dive…
More peculiar colour patterns in fish (Mostly as told to Steve Reynolds by David Muirhead) I described a most peculiar colour pattern in zebra fish, Girella zebra in A Most…
A Study of Melanism in the Black Manta Rays of the Indo-Pacific by Steve Reynolds Melanism is “darkening of body tissues caused by excessive production of melanin, especially as a…
Species sighted at Witton Bluff & Christies Reef by Steve Reynolds As reported in My Early Diving Days , Witton Bluff is the high point on the coast between Port Noarlunga…
Concerns About the Welfare of Leafy Seadragons at Rapid Bay by Steve Reynolds The Scuba Divers Federation of South Australia recently issued a statement because of concerns about the welfare…
The Observed Behaviour of a Mating Pair of Krefft’s Frillgoby in an Aquarium by Steve Reynolds (as told to him by Dion Clarke) Dion Clarke recently posted this photo on…