Fish

Genetic modification kills sex drive in trout
British fishermen are jubilant: The altered fish are easier to catch.
The fish-eating conundrum
Think you've got the guidelines straight for pregnant women's fish consumption? Think again.
A Bengali bounty
In Bengali mythology -- and in my mother's kitchen -- fish has always been a delicious symbol of prosperity, fertility and pleasure.
The end of the line
Author Charles Clover on the scourge of overfishing, disgraceful restaurants, and yes, sustainable McDonald's.
Mothers should feast on fish?
A report says pregnant women can raise their child's IQ by eating fish.
For the fishies
A libertarian rationale for world government
Heavy-metal madness
A report by two congressmen downplays the connection between toxic mercury emissions and human health.
"Farmed and dangerous"
In front of a Whole Foods grocery store in San Francisco, environmentalists and fishermen agree: Salmon raised on fish farms are pallid, polluting affronts to nature!
The mystery-meat lobby bites back
Slapping country-of-origin labels on food products would benefit the global environment as well as American producers. So why did Congress just gut the new labeling bill?
The fish are OK
Never mind the appalling state of the world's overfished oceans, say U.S. fishery managers. They're doing the best they can, and they don't need more regulation.
Only the flat survive
The mighty Pacific halibut is thriving, even as dozens of other big fish species are being commercially harvested out of existence. How is this googly-eyed monster defying the odds?
"The Helldivers' Rodeo"
Low on air, hooked to a writhing 300-pound fish and bouncing around 200 feet underwater, even the best spear fishers don't always make it.
Buying short
Why prancing dwarves didn't fly for Long John Silver's.
Meat is gross, but it tastes good
Desperate to find that my hunger for animal flesh was alien, I overlooked the fact that it was all too human.
Dead fish stink up Rio's Carnival
Polluted harbor has partyers holding their noses.
Why I stopped being a vegetarian
It's anti-social, not necessarily healthful -- and besides, meat tastes good!
A true fish story
Fish breath may be the only side effect to the latest antidepressant.
The deep
Floating 130 feet below the surface brings one diver face-to-face with a seven-foot shark. A tale of terror in the depths of the ocean off Indonesia's coast.
Mondo Weirdo
More tales of amazing festivals and strange nights around the world.

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