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Why Do Fish Migrate?

Many species of fish travel far and wide throughout our lakes, rivers, streams and oceans to seek various favorable conditions. But why do they migrate? What makes them travel these distances? Is it ...
May 29—On World Fish Migration Day Saturday, in the underwater viewing room at Manchester's Amoskeag Fishways, curious minds age 4 and older were transfixed by a riverside show. Merrimack River ...
One of the enduring ichthyological mysteries is how migratory fish know when it is time to move from their winter to summer habitats. The ability to tell when the seasons are changing is crucial for a ...
Hidden beneath the surface of the world's rivers, some of Earth's great animal movements unfold—migrations that rival, in sheer biomass, the famous mass movements of zebra and wildebeest across the ...
The Fish Migration Celebration focuses on five species of local migrating fish that are returning from the ocean to spawn in ...
The Boise River flow is still too high for safe floating because water is being released to help with downstream fish ...
Member of the UC Santa Cruz Fisheries Collaborative Program holds a live adult Chinook salmon from the Sacramento River in 2022. (Photo by Jeremy Notch) Imagine a world where just six out of every 100 ...
See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google This gives new meaning to livestream. Spring is on its way and migrating freshwater fish have returned to the urban ...
The world's largest herring population has experienced an unprecedented 800-kilometer (497-mile) shift in its spawning grounds because of fishing practices that target older fish, according to a study ...
As monsoon rains trigger the annual Oothakayattam fish migration in Kerala, authorities have launched a statewide crackdown ...
Hidden beneath the surface of the world’s rivers, some of Earth’s great animal movements unfold – migrations that rival, in sheer biomass, the famous mass movements of zebra and wildebeest across the ...