Fishes are the most abundant vertebrates on Earth. Even though we don’t encounter or recognize species as easily as we do birds or mammals, fishes occupy virtually every aquatic habitat—from polar seas and tropical reefs to estuaries, rivers, lakes, and floodplain lagoons. Their adaptability and s...
Success is staying passionate despite failure over and over again. Although this aphorism has been attributed to Winston Churchill (although perhaps erroneously), it also has deep resonance across the biological world. These creatures have overcome disease, starvation, predation, and human in...