Did you know a fairly unglamorous little fish might be doing planet-sized work — with help from bacteria living in its gut? Meet the Gulf toadfish. It’s not going to win any beauty contests, but it does something remarkable: it drinks seawater, processes the excess salt and minerals in its intestines, and excretes solid pellets […]

A Fish’s Gut Bacteria Might Be Quietly Helping Run the Ocean’s Chemistry
Joel Bryant

