The 2010 British Society of Underwater Photographers annual prize has been awarded to Arthur Kingdon for his photo of a rare black face benny fish. The competition is judged by The Wildlife Trusts in England and Ireland. “Photographers are urged to capture the essence of ‘living seas’ – the colourful, diverse and often surprising wildlife and habitats found around UK coasts.” —Source, The Guardian

Click here to see a slideshow of other amazing underwater photos. There’s some really cool stuff!

A Tub Gurnard - Photo by wwarby

Scientists are doing research on the language of fish! Shahriman Ghazali, a researcher in New Zealand, started listening to the sounds made by fish two years ago. He isolated different species and listened to them with a microphone. It turns out some of them, like the Gurnard, a winged fish in the north of New Zealand, make grunting noises that change throughout the day. Other nocturnal fish (the Bigeye) made popping sounds that Ghazali compared to morse code and were used for a variety

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But you guys don’t want to hear about the seventh grade. You want to hear about fish!

Which one will it be? - photo by hapal

Well, here’s some news! This weekend

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I always knew that coral was alive, but I never imagined it as a baby, or as a group of babies, swimming around in the ocean, away from their reefs. But that’s what happens. Baby coral, in their larval form (which, according to Science Daily looks like “an egg with hairs”) search their surroundings to find a nice coral reef to settle in and grow up. The question is, how do they find their new home?

In a recent study published in PLoS ONE, Dutch scientists have discovered that coral larvae do this by using sound. It

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It had long been wondered whether the animals in the ocean; whales, fish, even jellyfish, could have an effect on the movement of waters. In July of 2009, Kakani Katija and John Dabiri from the California Institute of Technology did an experiment that showed just how jellyfish moved water around. The shape of the waters’ movement was not what they expected, and plays a role in of ocean mixing.

See a video and learn more about it here

Zebrafish have the ability to grow back missing parts of their hearts, or at least that’s what a new study in the March 25 issue of Nature implies. “…researchers working at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies and the Center of Regenerative Medicine in Barcelona (CMRB) identified a fish heart cell population that is the source of this astonishing healing feat, a finding that could provide insight into how mammalian hearts might be coaxed

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“The Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes is an annual award that honors outstanding young leaders who have made a significant positive difference to people and our planet. Each year, the Barron Prize selects ten winners nationwide. Half of the winners have focused on helping their communities and fellow human beings; half have focused on protecting the health and sustainability of the environment. Since its founding, the

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Until now, people have considered fish to be on the lowest end of our food chain, and because of that they are fished with surprising cruelty. Perhaps because of their aquatic environment and lack of warm blood and fur, the human theory has generally been that fish are not as clever as mammals, they have no memories and they don’t feel pain. Victoria Braithwaite, professor of fisheries and biology at Pennsylvania State University has written

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