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Now you see us: how casting an eerie glow on fish can help count and conserve them

  • Written by Maarten De Brauwer, PhD-candidate in Marine Ecology, Curtin University
Biofluorescence makes researching cryptic species such as this Lizardfish easier and less harmful.Maarten De Brauwer, Author provided

News stories about fish often focus either on large fish like sharks, or on tasty seafood. So it might come as a surprise that more than half of the fish on coral reefs are tiny and well camouflaged.

This naturally...

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