Fish hooked on meth – the consequences of freshwater pollution
Around 269 million people worldwide use drugs each year. Often forgotten in this story is a problem of basic biology. What goes in must come...
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New app to monitor invasive lionfish
A new app allowing users to monitor the presence of lionfish, an invasive species of fish that has recently proliferated Cyprus’ waters, was launched on...
Bizarre alligator fish found in reservoir (Updated)
A bizarre fish resembling an alligator was found on the bank of a reservoir in the north on Sunday with many on social media likening...
World’s fish consumption unsustainable, UN warns
A third of the world’s oceans are overfished andfish consumption is at an all-time high, raising fears over the sustainability of a key source of protein...
Public advised not to come in contact with Athalassa park lake water
The forestry department on Thursday urged the public to avoid coming into contact with the water from the lake in the Athalassa national forest park...
Turkish Cypriots hope to sell farm fish to south by next year
By Tahsin Eroglu Turkish Cypriots hope fish raised in farms in the north will be allowed in 2017 by the Green Line Regulation, which facilitates...
Fish in north died due to lack of oxygen
The death of the thousands of fish that washed up during the weekend in a salt lake near Galateia in the north was not due...
Dead fish wash up on north beach
Thousands of fish, particularly mullet, are washing up on a beach near occupied Vokolidha in the north, and more found floating at the edges of...
Fish threatened by low water levels in Mavrokolymbos reservoir
DESPERATELY low water levels at Mavrokolymbos reservoir in Paphos have led the Green party to raise the alarm and appeal to the water development and...
UCy receives funding to map marine protected areas
The Oceanography Centre (OC) of the University of Cyprus (UCy) has received €45,000 from the European Union to map marine protected areas (MPA) in Cyprus and...
Fishy burglary in Timi
Burglars in the Timi area of Paphos not only stole 180 euros in cash from a restaurant overnight but also got away with cuttlefish, prawns...
Global wildlife populations down by half since 1970
By Tom Miles The world populations of fish, birds, mammals, amphibians and reptiles fell overall by 52 per cent between 1970 and 2010, far faster...
School teacher the new face of science
By Staff Reporter HOW the mess left in a freezer by a forgotten soft drink is connected to the survival of fish in frozen lakes...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Dodgy dinners and Turkish fish – it’s all a bit of a gas
By Patroclos WE MAY be a small and inconsequential country but this has never stopped us thinking big. Not even our newly-found poverty has affected...