The Biological Reason Tuna Can Never Stop Swimming

Tuna spend their lives in constant motion. The pace they keep feels almost unbelievable because nothing about the way they ...
New Atlas

Robotic tuna uses variable-stiffness tail for more efficient swimming

Given that they're such naturally proficient swimmers, the physical structure of fish is increasingly being copied in the design of underwater robots. Scientists have now discovered that by adjusting ...
Science Daily

Measuring The Muscle: New Study By Scripps Researchers Depicts How The Tuna’s Body Is Built For Speed

The mechanics of how fish use their complex muscle systems is a tantalizing puzzle in animal physiology. These muscles are the fundamental sources that fish use to power steady swimming and bursts of ...
Santa Cruz Sentinel

Pacific bluefin tuna swimming toward sustainability

MONTEREY – International cooperation is reeling the world’s most valuable fish back from the shores of extinction. The population of Pacific bluefin tuna ascended 1,000% between 2014 and 2022, ...
The Conversation

To swim like a tuna, robotic fish need to change how stiff their tails are in real time

Daniel Quinn receives funding from The National Science Foundation and The Office of Naval Research. Underwater vehicles haven’t changed much since the submarines of World War II. They’re rigid, ...
Smithsonian Magazine

A Bizarre “Swimming with Tuna” Attraction Puts Australia’s Controversial Aquaculture in the Spotlight

A Bizarre “Swimming with Tuna” Attraction Puts Australia’s Controversial Aquaculture in the Spotlight Is this an opportunity for conservation education, or another example of the government bending to ...
East Bay Times

Pacific bluefin tuna are swimming toward sustainability

MONTEREY – International cooperation is reeling the world’s most valuable fish back from the shores of extinction. The population of Pacific bluefin tuna ascended 1,000% between 2014 and 2022, ...