In the arid mountains of northern Oman, rocky caves hold pools of water. Naturalists were exploring these subterranean lakes in the Al-Hoota cave in 1980 when they discovered a white, eyeless fish. It ...

Off the southern coast of Iran, fishermen hauled in their catch and started sifting through it. A “large”-headed sea creature with “very small teeth” drew their attention — and for good reason. It ...

Emma Smart, a UAE-based PHD student and member of the Emirates Wildlife Society – WWF (EWS-WWF) team has discovered a new species of Arabian freshwater fish - Garra Smarti residing in Southern Oman.

Almost a decade and a half after the April 2010 Deepwater Horizon blowout, offshore oil production in the Gulf of Mexico has long since surpassed pre-disaster levels. The hundreds of fish species in ...