The scientists first watched the initially unorganized capelin bunch together into a shoal of about 23 million fish that spanned for miles. This massive hotspot then triggered the cod to also ...

Because this technique involves surrounding a shoal of fish with a net in order to catch them, it carefully targets the desired catch, meaning it does not trap or harm other species, thus helping ...

A fish is about the size of an anchovy. Credit: Craig F. Walker / The Boston Globe via Getty Images Scientists estimate that the larger cod rapidly consumed over half of this giant capelin shoal ...

In each shoaling assay, a fish was given a choice to shoal with either a single fish or a group of three fish. Females preferred to shoal with a group of three individuals rather than with a ...