Betta splendens are known for their stunning colors, decorative fins, and tendency to fight. These characteristics are much more pronounced in captive betta, which have been bred for those traits ...

Those jewel-colored Siamese fighting fish swimming in tiny containers at the pet store? They’re actually suffering in silence, according to new research that challenges decades of retail practice in ...

Kate Lacey is obsessed with Betta splendens, tiny, fierce and flamboyantly colored and finned tropical fish she owns and breeds in her San Francisco apartment, where this interview took place. Where ...

Siamese fighting fish (Betta splendens), sometimes simply called Bettas, are those pretty fish you often see swimming all alone in tiny bowls at pet stores and carnivals. They’re highly aggressive and ...

For first-time fishkeepers, colorful betta and guppies are affordable and attractive aquarium fish options. Bettas (Betta splendens), native to Southeast Asian rice paddies, and guppies (Poecilia ...

Scientists have found prized Siamese fighting fish are typically being kept in conditions a quarter of the size they need to thrive, challenging decades of retail practice in the multi-million dollar ...

It takes technique and pure patience to shoot uncontrollable Betta splendens, otherwise known as the Siamese fighting fish. ."hsiF gnithgiF esemaiS aratnanA :maiS fO ytuaeB ehT" ,deltit noitibihxe na ...

Scientists have found Siamese fighting fish are typically kept in containers just one-quarter the size they need to thrive, challenging decades of retail practice in the ornamental fish industry ...

It was 3 a.m., and I couldn’t sleep. I was thinking about our fish, the beautiful betta dubbed Pumpkin by my seven-year-old daughter, who’d coveted him for months before we conceded. We were ...

Bettas are commonly referred to as Siamese fighting fish, due to the male’s aggressive territorial behaviors. The variety sold in pet stores usually display eye-catching colors and long fins. Bettas ...