They glide through the water with the serenity of age. Some were born before World War I, others during the Great Depression. In the shallows of Minnesota’s Rice Lake, the bigmouth buffalo fish ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. With some populations aged in their 70s on average and new ...

Accurate determination of fish age is fundamental to fisheries management, ecosystem modelling and conservation. Traditional methods rely on manual interpretation of otoliths or scales, a ...