Jezebel: Fish

Science Says Eat Your Herring, Young Lady

Anna North — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 13:50:00 EST

A new study shows that eating fatty fish like salmon, mackerel, cod, and herring can cut heart attack and stroke risk in young women, even if their intake doesn't reach recommended daily levels. You've probably already heard that fish is good for your heart, but most studies focused on men or older women, so it's good to know that younger women can benefit too. This news comes just in time for everyone to have a heaping helping of holiday lutefisk. More »

San Francisco Moves To Ban Pet Sales

Anna North — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 09:50:00 EDT

San Francisco, which previously made headlines for its efforts to ban circumcision and plastic bags, may now forbid the sale of all pets. Unsurprisingly, pet store owners are mad. More »

100,000 Dead Fish In Arkansas Raise Suspicions Of Biblical Plague

Margaret Hartmann — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 12:30:00 EST

Days after thousands of dead birds dropped from the sky in Beebe, Arkansas, 100,000 dead fish have washed up on the shores of the Arkansas River. Looks like it's time to stock up on canned goods and tinfoil hats! More »

Mexican Fish Sport Mustaches To Attract The Ladies

Margaret Hartmann — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:20:00 EDT

Scientists have discovered a "series of epidermal outgrowths" on the upper lips of male Mexican molly fish are, "a previously unrecognized sexually selected trait" — It seems female mollies prefer males with mustaches. [PhysOrg via Newser] More »

One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, See-Through Fish

Anna North — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 09:45:00 EST

Japanese scientists have developed a see-through goldfish, which they say provides an alternative to dissection. The fish can live up to 20 years, and one scientist said "you can watch its whole life" through its translucent skin. [Daily Mail] More »

There Must Be Mistletoe Somewhere…

Dodai Stewart — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:15:00 EST

[Munich, December 23. Image via Getty.]

Feet First

Katy Kelleher — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:20:00 EDT

Secretary of State Lorraine Cortes-Vazquez has announced plans to ban fish pedicures in New York. She calls the practice - in which carp feed on the dead skin of customers' feet - unsanitary. We call it gross and unnecessary. [NYPost] More »

On Meat And Memory: What Vegetarians Give Up

Anna North — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:20:00 EDT

Jonathan Safran Foer's Times Magazine essay on vegetarianism brings up an interesting point: for many people, becoming vegetarian means breaking with a lot of the cherished food memories that have made us who we are. More »

Aquarium 1, Cat 0

Anna North — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:30:00 EDT

The mighty housecat, her body like a coiled spring, prepares for her next kill. She crouches, she springs, she... well, just watch. [BuzzFeed] More »

Top Chef

Sadie Stein — Mon, 18 May 2009 14:20:00 EDT

François Vatel, "the first celebrity chef," set the bar high. Preparing a dinner for Louis XIV, "he was informed that the fish for the meal would not arrive on time, so he committed suicide." [TheSmartSet] More »

Green Eggs & Ham: What Meat Is Best For The Environment?

Anna North — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:20:00 EDT

It's obvious every time we write a post on vegetarianism: lots of people love meat. But are some meats better for the planet than others? And what about the half-vegetarian's flesh of choice, fish? More »

Activists Crushed In Cube For Women's Rights • Mothers Arrested For Trying To Birth Baby Hitlers

Katy Kelleher — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:30:00 EDT

• Last Sunday an art installation featuring 20 female performers inside a Plexiglas cube was set up outside St. Mark's Church. The piece is designed to raise awareness about women's issues in North Korea. • More »

Jeremy Piven's Illness: That's Why They Call It "Acting"

Margaret Hartmann — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 12:40:00 EST

Today on Good Morning America, Jeremy Piven earnestly explained why he was too ill to stay with his Broadway show, but Diane Sawyer had a medical fact to contradict almost everything he said. More »

Ouch: A fish found its way into a teenager's...

Maria — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:20:00 EDT

Ouch: A fish found its way into a teenager's penis in India, eventually swimming up the boy's urethra into his bladder. The boy claims the fish, thought to be a small member of the Betta genus, "swam" into his penis while he was cleaning an aquarium in his home and, while holding the small fish in his hand, decided to go to the bathroom. Following the forced fish entry, the boy began developing pain, dribbling urine and acute urinary retention. The 2cm by 1.5cm fish was eventually removed by doctors using a rigid ureteroscope, a tool normally used for removing bladder stones. [The Sun] More »

Barbie Bait

Maria — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:20:00 EDT

David Hayes caught a record channel catfish on August 5th with his granddaughter's Barbie-branded rod and reel. Hayes was fishing with his granddaughter Alyssa in a private pond in northwestern North Carolina when he caught the 21 pounder with the pink plastic rod after Alyssa asked him to hold it while she visited the restroom. What's the best part of this story, the fact this man caught the fish with a girly reel or that Barbie actually makes working fishing rods for little girls? Well, girls certainly know a thing or two about fishing, so Barbie should be marketing reels and rods to them. [News & Observer] More »

Missdemeanors

Dodai Stewart — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:20:00 EDT

No Missdemeanors today! But a reader nominates this entry from DListed, about Anne Hathaway: "Dear Diary, No matter what I do I can't get this awful fish taste out of my mouth. I've tried brushing with baking soda, rinsing with vinegar and nothing. It just won't go away and people are starting to ask questions. I know I could stop eating fish, but I just love the taste. I'll ask Heather Matarazzo what to do. She'll know. Love, Kisses and Sushi, More »

Your Birth Control Is Killing Unborn Babies, Fatheads

Jessica G. — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:30:00 EST

Lots of anti-birth control pill news on the wires today. The first story comes from the Economist by way of Canada: A Canuck scientist has found that extra estrogen, which can get into rivers and lakes through the toilet-flushed urine of birth control takers, kills fish. Karen Kidd, an ecotoxicologist at the University of New Brunswick, "poisoned" a small lake in northwest Ontario with estrogen, and she found that the smallest fish in that lake, "fathead minnows," were feminized because of the excess hormone. According to the Economist, "[The fathead's] sperm production was delayed and they started producing eggs. After two years of treatment, the fathead minnow population collapsed." The bigger fish eventually started having fertility problems as well, but it took much longer for the estrogen to permeate their populations. More »