We've heard of poachers hunting rhinos for their horns and elephants for their tusks, but now in southern California, they're going after a fish called the totoaba for their bladders. Last week, ...

Heard the one about the Chinese man with an eel in his bladder? It’s the story zooming around the Internet today and while it seems incredible, and while we can’t confirm that it’s true, it is ...

NOGALES, AZ — Authorities seized more than 240 pounds of illegal fish bladders at the Port of Nogales in southern Arizona. In April, U.S. Customs Border and Protection (CBP) officers working at the ...

SAN DIEGO (AP) – Seven people have been charged with smuggling bladders from an endangered fish in what authorities said Wednesday may be a growing international practice in which the bladders are ...

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The U.S. Customs and Border Patrol in Arizona has made an offbeat seizure of endangered fish bladders worth over $2 million, according to the agency. Authorities seized 242 pounds of Totoaba swim ...

NOGALES, Ariz. - U.S. Customs and Border Protection made an unusual seizure of 242 pounds of Totoaba swim bladders with an estimated value of $2.7 million. "The swim bladders of this species and other ...

US Customs and Border Protection officers in Arizona have seized 242 pounds of swim bladders – the organ that helps fish control their buoyancy – that came from the endangered Totoaba fish, ...

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Fish maw — the swim bladder of a fish — is one of the most expensive dried-seafood products in the world. A Chinese delicacy, it can fetch $450 to $1,000 per kilogram. It’s often viewed as a symbol of ...

Hydrogels, which are soft materials formed by crosslinking polymers, could have a variety of medical applications. In research published in Advanced Science, investigators developed an injectable ...