Fish – Ocean Wise's AquaBlog

Five Reasons Why Your Cleanup Data Is Important

November 4, 2014

Were you one of the tens of thousands of Canadians who took part in the Vancouver Aquarium and WWF’s Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup, presented by Loblaw Companies Limited, this year? If so, congratulations! Y...

Remember Me from Dinner? I Was on Your Plate

Vancouver Aquarium

September 25, 2014

Vancouver Aquarium

There are many animals at the Vancouver Aquarium, beyond fish, that you might find on your dinner plate. Yeah, I said it. It shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone, with 1.2 billion people worldwide relyi...

An Unassuming “Lord” of the Sea

Vancouver Aquarium

July 31, 2014

Vancouver Aquarium

With a name like “red Irish lord” (Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus), you kinda half expect this fish to come out a-tappity-tappin’ on its tail. But unlike the Lord of the Dance, this fish isn't Irish. Despite its n...

They Eat Their Own Kind

Vancouver Aquarium

July 24, 2014

Vancouver Aquarium

Lee Newman is the Aquarium's curator of tropical waters. There’s no hakuna matata* if you’re a cichlid (“sick-lid”) in Africa’s Lake Malawi. In fact, it’s a fish-eat-fish world in there. Literally. Lee Newm...

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