Over the past 60 years, marine biologists at UC Santa Cruz have monitored the behavior of northern elephant seals that ...

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A solitary sunfish at an aquarium in southwestern Japan lost its appetite, began banging into the side of the fish tank and appeared unwell days after the facility closed last month for renovations.

(Kaikyokan via AP) TOKYO (AP) — A solitary sunfish at an aquarium in southwestern Japan lost its appetite, began banging into the side of the fish tank and appeared unwell days after the facility ...

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Likewise, the Kaikyokan Aquarium’s listless fish has long been the sole occupant of its tank. But what sets sunfish apart from many other solitary creatures is that they are often stimulated by ...

How do you perk up a lonely fish? This may sound like the start of a particularly silly joke, but it was a very real challenge faced by staff at a Japanese aquarium when they noticed their sunfish ...