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I co-authored Tunas and Billfishes of the World with John Graves as the culmination of my 60 years of research on tunas, which began with studying tunas caught on a long-line cruise aboard the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries (now NOAA) vessel “Delaware” in the...

How much? The United States has upwards of 1000 species of native stream fishes that occur in combinations of interacting species called “communities.” Stream fish communities are dynamic: the community in a given body of water may vary over time relative to...

Today is World Oceans Day. Hundreds of organizations around the globe are gathering for beach cleanups and education events for a cleaner ocean and a healthier future. In honor of the occasion, we’ve invited Marine Fishes of Florida authors David B. Snyder and...

We’re excited about the books we’ll be publishing this spring—and we're pleased to start off the new year with a series of posts that highlight our forthcoming titles. Be sure to check out the online edition of JHUP’s entire Spring 2016 catalog, and remember...

Wild Thing is an occasional series where JHU Press authors write about the flora and fauna of the natural world—from the rarest flower to the most magnificent beast. The past spring, JHU Press published Field Guide to Fishes of the Chesapeake Bay. We sat down...

Figure 1: Pisaster ochraceus. Aggregation on a rock shore at Barkeley Sound, British Columbia, removing gooseneck barnacles and small mussels. Photo courtesy of C. Robles. Wild Thing is an occasional series where JHU Press authors write about the flora and...

Wild Thing is an occasional series where JHU Press authors write about the flora and fauna of the natural world—from the rarest flower to the most magnificent beast. Guest post by Val Kells Rockfishes are a diverse and highly successful group within the Family...