Hydrogels, which are soft materials formed by cross-linking polymers, could have a variety of medical applications. In research published in Advanced Science, investigators developed an injectable ...

The oceans contain numerous hidden treasures, yet few are as rare, fragile, and valuable as the Totoaba fish. Often called “marine cocaine” because of its exceptionally high market price, this ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Customs officers seized 242 pounds of swim bladders that had been concealed inside a commercial ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fish maw — the swim bladder of a fish — is one of the most expensive dried-seafood products in the world. A Chinese delicacy, it ...

A fisherman removes a swim bladder from a giant Nile Perch at Nambo beach in Bondo, Siaya County. [Isaiah Gwengi/ Standard] It’s 11am at Nambo beach in Bondo, Siaya County. Three fishing boats have ...

The international trade in exotic animal parts includes rhino horn, seahorses and bear gallbladders. But perhaps none is as strange as the swim bladder from a giant Mexican fish called the totoaba.

(AP) Seven people have been charged with smuggling bladders from an endangered fish in what authorities said Wednesday may be a growing international practice in which the bladders are sold for up to ...