SmithsonianSelf-Lubricating Swordfish Secrete Oil to Swim FasterSmithsonianNow, after years of puzzling over its purpose, scientists believe they finally have the answer: the gland helps swordfish swim faster by coating their heads in oil. In a recent stud …

Oil Funds Hold Down Risk, Eye Volatility After Weak First HalfFortuneThe second half could be as difficult for oil-focused funds. After touching a 2016 high of nearly $53 a barrel, oil has been trading in a choppy fashion, with volatility of late due to a …

Fund Manager Franklin Templeton Bets on Higher Oil PricesBloombergFranklin Templeton Investments, a fund manager with $740 billion in assets, is pouring money into shares of independent oil exploration and production companies, betting that crude prices wi …

Gundlach Says Oil Rally Would Be Short-Lived Due to ImbalanceBloombergAny jump in the price for oil is likely to be short-lived, according to Jeffrey Gundlach, co-founder of DoubleLine Capital. “We're not looking at a big oil rally” any time soon becau …

BloombergOil Rout Seen Ending as Demand Trumps China's Market CrashBloombergWorkers perform maintenance on an oil pumping unit, also known as a "nodding donkey", at an oilfield operated by Embamunaigas, a unit of KazMunaiGas Exploration Produ …

The IndependentNew GM cereal crop produces fish oil in its seedsThe IndependentThe fish-oil crop had been genetically engineered with up to seven additional genes involved in manufacturing the omega-3 oils in marine algae, which are then eaten and accumula …

BloombergHall Sees 'Phenomenal' Demand in U.S., Asia Ending Oil GlutBloomberg“Phenomenal demand growth in most markets” has stemmed a surplus in oil supply that, at 240 million barrels, is about half what most analysts predicted, Hall wrote in a le …

BloombergAndy Hall Sees 'Phenomenal' Demand in U.S., Asia Ending Oil GlutBloomberg“Phenomenal demand growth in most markets” has stemmed a surplus in oil supply that, at 240 million barrels, is about half what most analysts predicted, Hall wrote in …

Fox BusinessOil Drops on Supply, China Market TurmoilFox BusinessBrent crude, the global oil benchmark, fell 2.9% to $58.58 a barrel on London's ICE Futures exchange. Brent crude last closed below $60 on April 14. U.S. crude futures were trading down 4 …

BloombergAmerica's Shale Oil Boom Grinds to a Halt as OPEC Keeps PumpingBloombergThe shale oil boom that turned the U.S. into the world's largest fuel exporter and brought $3 gasoline back to America's pumps is grinding to a halt. Crude output …