Climate change is causing fish to shrink: Japanese study

A new study reveals that fish in the western North Pacific Ocean are getting smaller due to climate change-driven shifts in their food suppl...

Bluefin tuna fetches nearly $800,000 at Tokyo New Year auction

A giant bluefin tuna fetched a record 114.24 million yen ($789,000) at a New Year’s auction in Tokyo on Friday. About the tuna: Weighing 238...

TikToker’s video of live worm inside salmon pack in Costco goes viral

A TikTok user has gone viral for sharing a video of a live worm she found inside a pack of salmon while shopping at a Costco. Key details: I...

Video: Divers encounter giant ‘doomsday fish’ of Japanese legend off Taiwan coast

In Japanese culture, the oarfish is revered as a “Messenger from the Sea God’s Palace” and has gained a reputation as a ha...

Cleaner fish can recognize themselves in mirrors and photos, study claims

A newly updated study has found that the blue streak cleaner wrasse, Labroides dimidiatus, may be capable of recognizing themselves in refle...

‘We’ve never had sashimi this fresh’: Viral TikTok video shows ikizukuri fish still twitching in Japan

A TikTok video has gone viral for showing a plate of twitching sashimi in Japan. On Saturday, Singaporean actor, host and TikTok user Xenia ...

Japanese restaurant lets diners catch their own fish

In a now-viral video posted on Instagram and TikTok on Oct. 23, Tina from @hangrybynature explains the dining experience at Zaou Fishing Re...

Iconic Chinese paddlefish and wild Yangtze sturgeon officially declared extinct

In 2019, the Chinese paddlefish was listed as extinct in the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species....

Chinese man cooks and eats his pet arowana after it dies, says it’s ‘most expensive fish’ he’s ever eaten

A man in Henan, China, decided to steam cook his pet arowana, a type of freshwater fish, after it died, feeling it would be a “waste.” He ...

Taiwanese man takes pet fish for a walk with ingenious ‘fish stroller’

Jerry Huang of Taichung, Taiwan, has designed a “fish stroller” that allows small aquatic animals to explore a world beyond the water. Th...

Organ-dwelling parasite is a Japanese aquarium star because it looks just like sushi

An inch-long sea creature that looks like a piece of salmon sushi has become the star of a Japanese Aquarium.  All about the sushi-shaped cr...

Racism concerns push US agencies to rename the invasive ‘Asian carp’

Government agencies and wildlife organizations in the U.S. are moving to rename the group of invasive species collectively known as “Asian c...

No One is Brave Enough for Ice Cream That Tastes Like the World’s Smelliest Sushi

A type of Japanese sushi known for its pungent odor is getting an ice cream treatment.    ...

Malaysians Are Allegedly Dipping Raw Salmon Into Black Coffee for Breakfast

A seafood retailer in Malaysia has captured the imagination of social media users after a Facebook page shared a supposed new way of eating ...

Fish in Indonesia Apparently Jump Out and Stab You in the G*ddamn Neck

A teen fisherman in Indonesia ended up fighting for his life at the operating table after getting impaled by a needlefish last week. Muhamma...

64-Year-Old Man Travels 62 Miles a Day to Sell Salted Fish for His Sick Wife

A 64-year-old man in southern Malaysia is literally going the distance in the name of love. Md Zin Ahmad, who lives in the state of Johor, r...

Japanese Model Posts Sexy Bathroom Pics to Show Off Her…

A popular Japanese bikini model surprised netizens earlier this month after revealing a dried fish stock in the confines of her bathroom. “T...

Sushi Chain Employee Caught Taking Raw Fish Out of Trash to ‘Serve’ to Customers

A popular revolving sushi chain in Japan is under fire after one of its workers disposed of a fish before returning it to the cutting board ...

Malaysian Lion Dancers Pull Off Unique Underwater Dance for Chinese New Year

A Malaysian aquarium has added a new twist to the traditional lion dance by performing underwater as fish, turtles, and sharks swim around t...

Young Girl Bitten by Terrifying Creature While Feeding Fish in a Pond in China

A nine-year-old girl in southern China sustained wounds after a violent encounter with a hungry freshwater monster of a fish. The incident o...

Most of the Salmon Sashimi in China is Actually Rainbow Trout, So They Just Renamed the Fish

The fish farming industry in China recently faced some controversy following an accidental revelation by state media that the “salmon ...

Buddhists Free Thousands of Fish Into Lake for Ceremony, Locals Immediately Catch Them With Nets

A group of humanitarians released thousands of fish into a lake in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China in an act called fangsheng (放生) which ...

Woman Loses a Toenail After Fish Pedicure at Spa

A woman’s toenails stopped growing and began falling off months after getting a fish pedicure, a recent doctor’s report revealed. The beauty...

Chinese Diners Freak Out After Cooked Fish Leaps Off Plate at Restaurant

A restaurant in China serves seafood so fresh, it will literally jump off your plate! An amusing video circulating on Chinese social media p...

Repair Man in NYC Chinatown DGAF About Fish

A man caught stepping on fish while wearing his boots at a Chinatown market has gone viral on social media. Apri Davidson, a regular custome...

Taiwanese Scientists Find Rare ‘Alien-Looking’ Viper Sharks in Pacific Ocean

Taiwanese scientists recently caught a few of these viper sharks, extremely rare creatures in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Taitung Cou...

Chinese Kids Who Eat Fish Every Week Have Higher IQs and Better Sleep, Study Says

A diet of fish at least once a week improves IQ and sleep among children, a new study revealed. Researchers from the University of Pennsylva...

Chinese Fishermen Caught Off Ecuador With 300 Tons of Protected Marine Life On Board

A Chinese crew of 20 fishermen has been detained in Ecuador after being found on a vessel that carried 300 tons of frozen marine animals, in...

Malaysian Man Causes Uproar for Frying and Eating a $660 Aquarium Fish

A Malaysian man caused an uproar on social media after he posted a video of him preparing and cooking a fish called the luohan. The controve...

Japanese Diver Has Been Friends With a Massive Fish for 30 YEARS

A Japanese diver has been friends with a fish for 30 years, proving that no sea is too deep to find a companion for life. After being entrus...

Scientists Discover Japanese Tapeworms in U.S. Salmon

While it has been long believed that the parasitic tapeworm that can invade the human digestive tract is only infecting fish found in Asia, ...

Japan’s ‘Tuna King’ Pays More Than $600,000 for a Single Fish

Sushi entrepreneur Kiyoshi Kimura, also known as Japan’s “Tuna King”, has won at Tsukiji’s famous fish auction once again. Kimura, the head ...

Majestic Whale Shark Spotted Off China’s Coast, Immediately Gets Slaughtered

A massive whale shark that was recently spotted swimming near one of China’s offshore oilfields has been slaughtered and hung in a harbor. P...