The evolution of fish. Biologists debate man's fishy ancestors / Malcolm W. Browne --
Lake victoria's lightning-fast origin of species / Carol Kaesuk Yoon --
Reading the record in fishes' ears / John Noble Wilford --
Handedness seen in nature, long before hands / Malcolm W. Browne.
Freshwater fish. Guppies hint how to attract a mate / Natalie Angier --
They're smart, for fish, and a model of diversity / Natalie Angier --
In The Amazon's depths, a strange new world of unknown fish / Carol Kaesuk Yoon --
In The quiet world of fruit-eating fish, a biologist feels too alone / Marlise Simons --
For The male molly, it's not so sterile an affair / Natalie Angier --
In fish, social status goes right to the brain / Natalie Angier --
Biologists embrace the zebra fish / Natalie Angier --
Catfish slime has healing agents / Sandra Blakeslee.
Freshwater fish in peril. Bizarre parasite invades trout streams, devastating young rainbows / William K. Stevens --
Pollution threatens world's caviar source / Michael Specter --
River life through U.S. broadly degraded / William K. Stevens --
Storm swirls over aboriginal salmon in Maine's rivers / William K. Stevens --
Dwindling salmon spur west to save rivers / William K. Stevens / Anglers' gain is loss for lakes and streams / Jon R. Luoma --
Hatches and wild gish : a clash of cultures / William K. Stevens.
Oceanic fish. The world's deep, cold sea floors harbor a riotous diversity of life / William J. Broad --
A fantastic world is found in the sea's middle depths / William J. Broad --
A fish that can alter its body size at will / Carol Kaesuk Yoon --
The odds of a shark attack / William K. Stevens --
In dark seas, biologists sight a profusion of life Carol Kaesuk Yoon --
The mystery of why 25 fish species are warm-blooded / Catherine Dold --
A burrowing fish shapes the sea floor / Walter Sullivan.
The sea's threatened fish. creatures of the deep are hauled to the table / William J. Broad --
Throwing back undersize fish is said to encourage smaller fry / Lindsey Gruson --
Long-line fishing threatens fish and albatrosses William K. Stevens --
A Fish that hails from the age of dinosaurs faces extinction / Malcolm W. Browne --
Despite gaps, data leave little doubt that fish are in peril / David E. Pitt --
Biologists fear sustainable yield is unsustainable idea / William K. Stevens --
The terror of the deep faces a harsher predator / William K. Stevens --
Appetite for sushi threatens the giant tuna / William K. Stevens --
A spate of red tides is menacing coastal seas / William J. Broad.
Shellfish and others. Deadly snails take pinpoint aim with diverse toxins / Gina Kolata --
Australian Navy helps endangered giant clam to relocate / Nina Bick --
Roots of the king crab / Natalie Angier --
Squids emerge as smart, elusive hunters of midsea / William J. Broad --
Scientists close in on hidden Lair of the ocean's fabled giant Squid / William J. Broad --
Violent world of corals is facing new dangers / William K. Stevens --
Freshwater mussels facing mass extinction / John H. Cushman, Jr. --
Earliest samples of royal purple found / John Noble Wilford.
The Latest from the field. Students pursue one of the ocean's slimy mysteries / Carey Goldberg --
Shark is efficient killer, but picky eater / William J. Broad --
Researchers finding fish thriving in protected waters / William J. Broad --
At love and play under the sea in an octopus's garden / Natalie Angier.