In the vast, open ocean with no place to hide, sardines group together for protection. When they cannot rely on speed to escape, the sardines' best chance is to outmaneuver the predator altogether.

Anchovies and sardines are both small fish that swim in the same oceans, and are most often found next to each other in the canned fish section of the grocery store. When we start to compare the two, ...

I remember my father opening cans of sardines and enjoying them for lunch. Far from the ocean, mining-era miners had a special hankering for oysters. I have long thought that my father’s sardine habit ...

Sardines collected during NOAA Fisheries 2023 Coastal Pelagic Species Survey. Genomic analysis later revealed that the catch contained both Pacific and Japanese sardine. The two species look so ...

Many of us land-going creatures hear “sardines” and think lemon, garlic and olive oil. For those creatures living in and around the coastal waters of southeastern Africa, the annual, billions-strong ...

Every winter, billions of sardines off the coast of South Africa embark on their annual breeding migration. The sardine run is the largest biomass migration on the planet, rivaling the great herds of ...

National Sardines Day on Nov. 24 is giving chefs a reason to look twice at one of the ocean’s smallest yet most rewarding fish. Across the United States, restaurants are presenting sardines in refined ...

This is how Nigeria's famous canned fish got its identity. When it comes to naming fish, some are named for the way they look (the needlefish), some are named for where they live (the Atlantic halibut ...