One of the most fascinating features of many fish is their scales. These tiny, often overlooked structures play a big role in ...

One of the 'world's rarest' fish species that was presumed to be extinct, the Chel snakehead, was rediscovered in the town of Kalimpong in West Bengal in 2024.

Jonathan Armbruster, professor and curator of fishes in Auburn University's College of Sciences and Mathematics (COSAM), has ...

In a river of southern China, a “slender” creature with “tiny scales” under its skin paused to rest along the gravel riverbed. Its coloring helped it blend in, but not well enough. Nearby scientists ...

With more time, the fish may learn to pay attention to more subtle human features, such as hands or hair. According to the ...

Serpentine-necked, four-flippered plesiosaurs were among the most successful marine predators in the time of dinosaurs. A remarkably complete and well-preserved fossil has revealed that at least some ...