Excessive fishing has forced Baltic cod to undergo genetic changes that have halved their size over the past 30 years, a new study has found. The research, published in the journal Science Advances, ...

Cod used to be giants. With their impressive size—over a meter in length and weighing up to 40 kilograms—and abundance, they, alongside herring, were the backbone of the Baltic fishery. Today, a fully ...

Two new studies add to the evidence that human activity, from fishing to urban development, is driving the evolution of wild animals. By Emily Anthes Call it the case of the incredible shrinking cod.

Dr Kwi Young Han holds a cod. Once a giant, today a full-grown specimen can be held in two hands. The 'shrinking' of the cod, as well as the decline in its population, is due to decades of intensive ...