No matter what else you see today, this is certain to be the best video about herring farts. Everything you need to know about this NatGeo clip can be gleaned from the YouTube page: Herring have a ...

Shreya Dasgupta writes science stories and makes podcasts. As someone who creates podcasts from my bedroom, I’ve been paying closer attention to the sounds around me. And I’ve realised that we live in ...

Biologists have linked a mysterious, underwater farting sound to bubbles coming out of a herring’s anus. No fish had been known to emit sound from its anus nor to be capable of producing such a ...