Early trials suggest that borrowing from filter-feeding fish anatomy could help curb plastic pollution upstream.

“The ocean, especially in shallow and rocky areas where the rockhead poacher lives, is unbelievably loud and acoustically ...

A cavity in the middle of the rockhead poacher’s skull might be used like a maraca to produce sound, new research suggests.

“It looks like the fish has a large chunk of its skull missing—as though somebody took a little ice cream scoop and took a ...

An artist on Tybee Island is blending art and fishing through the ancient Japanese technique of Gyotaku, or fish printing, ...

Ancient fossils reveal the oldest known vertebrates had four eyes. Remarkably preserved fossil specimens show they could see ...

This video documents the full process of carving a whole bluefin tuna, one of the most valuable fish in the world. Every cut requires precision, planning, and deep understanding of the fish’s anatomy.

“The ocean, especially in shallow and rocky areas where the rockhead poacher lives, is unbelievably loud and acoustically ...

A tiny fossil fish from Alberta is forcing scientists to rethink a story that has sat quietly in textbooks for decades. It is a story about how freshwater fish rose to dominance, and how a few bones ...

Long before whales dominated the oceans, Earth’s seas were home to a fish so massive it continues to challenge our understanding of prehistoric life. Leedsichthys problematicus, an enormous ...

The ocean sunfish looks like an evolutionary mistake: no tail, no ribs, no axial swimming muscles, and a body that appears half-finished. Yet it is the heaviest bony fish on Earth, reaching weights ...

A new study confirms that dolphins and orcas have reached a "point of no return" in their evolution, making a return to land ...