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An illustration of two fishes with the skin unwrapped to reveal the internal anatomy: skeleton on the left and organs on the right.
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Jessica Eggers
With its fantastical illustrations and offbeat humor, "Gonzo Ichthyology" leads readers through topics in fish biology and other flights of fancy.

Ichthyology meets ‘Through the Looking Glass,’ in pen and ink

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Double Trouble for Corals

Seeing is Believing
A school of opaleye swim past grazing purple urchins off Santa Cruz Island

An Opaleye-opening Result

Ancient Acid Taste Receptors

Not Your Ordinary Science Education

Highly Cited Excellence

Made to Degrade
Bees mounted and tagged from collection at California Academy of Sciences

Creating a Buzz

Warmer Water, Less Nutrition
Elephant bones scattered on the savannah

The Circle of Life

How Sexism Hinders Brain Research

No Silver Bullet
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