Longo said sardines are a helpful species to study if you want to understand shifts in ocean temperatures. They are a highly mobile fish, both as adults and when they are larvae.

Besides the Pacific sardines common on the West Coast, many of the fish appeared to be another species. "It was a total shock," he said. Then he compared their genetic code to other known species.

Coastal pelagic species — like anchovy, squid, sardine and mackerel — live in the water column and feed the entire foodweb from tuna and rockfish to birds and sea lions.

Koff noted that, because sardines are a smaller species of fish, there is less concern for mercury exposure. Sardines are also rich in EPA and DHA, omega-3 fatty acids, which provide anti ...

A sardine's specific species will also dictate its size. Typically, a can of sardines will contain three to four fish, though ...

"It ended up being a total hit." But one specific print species is leagues ahead of the rest, at least in terms of shoppability: According to a recent Google Trends report, search interest in sardines ...

When research scientist Gary Longo first saw the results of his genomic analysis of sardines, he thought he must have mixed up his samples. Besides the Pacific sardines common on the West Coast, many ...

Sardines are key forage fish across the globe, with two species occurring in the North Pacific. Earlier genetic studies hypothesized that Pacific and Japanese sardines diverged about 200,000 to ...

Sardines are key forage fish across the globe, with two species occurring in the North Pacific. Earlier genetic studies hypothesized that Pacific and Japanese sardines diverged about 200,000 to ...