Since herring are related to the fish I work with (Pacific sardines), I was fascinated to hear about this. Apparently, the unidentified sound marine biologists were hearing is herring passing gas. That's right, I said fish farting. Much like my husband, they seem to do it more at night, and it's speculated they use it for communication ( Read more... )

My Mother-in-law’s cousin’s daughter wants to be a marine biologist. I should have her read this:

So you think you want to be a marine biologist?