Bettas have become one of the most popular fish for first-time fish owners to purchase. Much of this has to do with the beautiful colors the fish come in and the perceived simplicity of their care.

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 ...

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is urging people to boycott the sale of betta fish after an undercover video from a breeding farm in Thailand revealed serious acts of abuse and ...