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

U.S. Customs and Border Protection made an unusual seizure, 242 pounds of "swim bladders." They are used in Chinese medicine and are also considered a delicacy in Asian cuisine. The fish they come ...

The international trade in exotic animal parts includes rhino horn, seahorses and bear gallbladders. But perhaps none is as strange as the swim bladder from a giant Mexican fish called the totoaba.

The oceans contain numerous hidden treasures, yet few are as rare, fragile, and valuable as the Totoaba fish. Often called “marine cocaine” because of its exceptionally high market price, this ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Customs officers seized 242 pounds of swim bladders that had been concealed inside a commercial ...

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 ...

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, ...

NOGALES, AZ (3TV/CBS 5)-- A smuggling attempt ended with a fishy discovery at the Port of Nogales several months ago. On April 13, border patrol officers were working at the Mariposa trade facility ...

Smuggled swim bladders of an endangered fish species turned up at an Arizona border crossing from Mexico, U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents reported. The 270 Totoaba swim bladders, found ...

A fisherman removes a swim bladder from a giant Nile Perch at Nambo beach in Bondo, Siaya County. [Isaiah Gwengi/ Standard] It’s 11am at Nambo beach in Bondo, Siaya County. Three fishing boats have ...