Underwater jewels threatened by forest fires
In this blog, Shoal Director Mike Baltzer takes a look at [...]
Unearthing Gollum: A New Species of Snakehead
This air breathing capability means snakeheads can survive out of water for some time, and some species use this to their advantage, “walking” overland from one water body to another by wriggling movements of their body.
An interview with Rajeev Raghavan
Rajeev Raghavan is an assistant professor in the Department of Fisheries Resource Management at [...]
Expedition Mahseer
The trip comes at the tail of a long story of conservation detective work of one of the world’s most charismatic fishes that has led us to take action, in the eleventh hour, to save a critically-endangered fish before it disappears forever.
Under the water’s surface: An interview with Jack Perks
One of the key challenges in conserving freshwater species is that few people ever [...]
An Interview with Jeremy Wade
Most divers are interested in coral reefs and other marine environments, so people used to wonder why I was so keen to see brown fish in brown water! It’s true that a lot of freshwater fish aren’t all that exciting visually, but in fact there are some incredible looking fish out there in rivers and lakes, even if we don’t often get to see them.
Aquarists and Conservation
Freshwater fish share the same bodies of water that humans rely on for irrigation, food source, transportation, leisure and drinking. It makes sense that by contributing to freshwater fish conservation we help not only the fish we love but ourselves as well.
The first month of Shoal: Launching and Learning
Today Shoal celebrates one month since the Partnership’s official launch. This was marked on [...]
An interview with Mike Baltzer, Director of Shoal
So Mike, in a nutshell, what is Shoal? MB: Shoal has been created as [...]
Conservation and the aquarium hobby
by Andy Patel As hobbyists it can be hard to see what we [...]