That’s no illusion! It’s a glowing fish! And I’m Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Why do they glow like that anyway? Is it magic? No… Emily Carr and team at the American Museum of Natural History wanted answers. Using special lights, they spotted biofluorescence, where fish
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Underwater… empty nesters?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Raising a baby takes a lot of work! How do animals know when it’s time to quit? John Majoris, from the University of Boston and team wondered. They studied neon gobies, a seemingly common egg-laying fish.
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Ew… this sponge smells FISHY! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Overfishing and climate change have drastically reduced global fish populations. Research about these fish is critical to prevent their extinction. Luckily, marine biologists have found an unlikely and ABSORBENT ally in studying the briny
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That body language seems somehow… FISHY! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Confident strides, head held up high OR hunched back, looking for cracks in the pavement? The way we move says a lot about our personalities! Is this also true for ANIMALS? Joseph Bailey
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What do you get when you cross a fish and a heart? Not a fart … This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Hearts are in high demand these days – the artificial kind, that is! What if we could just grow new ones? Kit Parker
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Could that fish stick solve the secret to our sense of touch? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science, saying: the answer is right at our fingertips. Meet Adam Hardy. He and colleagues from University of Chicago want to know how fingers feel. To do this
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Life will be AWESOME in – oh, two hundred years…?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science, saying… Flying cars, teleportation machines, negative-calorie desserts … too bad I won’t be around to see it! But if I were a rockfish? No problem! Some live for twenty
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One fish, two fish, red fish…male fish? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. The Coast Salish people have lived around Burrard Inlet, Canada for thousands of years. Their present-day descendents harvest salmon, a practice passed down by oral tradition. What’s their secret for keeping the
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But mom! EVERYONE’S doing it! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. A sudden flash of color, and a hundred fish change direction in unison! This fish ballet confuses predators, helping fish escape. But when fleeing danger, is it all for one, or a free-for-all? Lauren
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Are smarter people more so-fish-ticated? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Fish may be colorful, but they aren’t very bright! Can they smarten up? Giulia Rossi and Patricia Wright from the University of Guelph in Canada think so! They study the mangrove killifish, a fish
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