Tag: Fish

New research finds that ocean-dwelling fish entered freshwater environments on several occasions, evolving enhanced hearing abilities in the process....

Male spotted ratfish have true teeth on a forehead appendage used for mating. Across vertebrates, teeth share many defining...

Bartram’s and Altamaha bass, first identified in the 1980s, are now officially recognized as distinct <span class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="cmtt_5a93a94ae716ecf67dd2800a47917290"...

The bumpy snailfish is one of three newly identified deep-sea snailfish <span class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="cmtt_5a93a94ae716ecf67dd2800a47917290" data-gt-translate-attributes="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwsl-ebVVoU Chance encounters spark new...

Flathead catfish, once native to the Mississippi River basin, have stealthily risen to the top of Pennsylvania’s Susquehanna River. Growing...

Hundreds of millions of years ago, Earth’s first forests helped pump oxygen into the deep seas, transforming once-barren waters...

Zebrafish possess a natural superpower that humans lack: the ability to regrow the tiny inner ear cells that are...

When the top spotty fish in a tank disappears, the runner-up turns aggressive within minutes, rushing and nipping rivals...

Scientists have long assumed that fish save energy by swimming in neat diamond formations, but a new study using...