The tripod fish doesn’t swim much. Instead, it stands on three elongated fins, conserving energy while currents deliver food.

Reviewing those rare encounters, marine scientist Mark C. Benfield at Louisiana State University (LSU) connected scattered sightings and documented the fish alive in its natural depth range. Footage ...

A month ago, I took a walk through the edge of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. I was off the main road, on a dirt and gravel trail. So it was strange to look ahead and see that fish were blocking my ...

In the current study, the scientists observed new behaviors during a series of mirror test experiments, a widely used method ...

In the past, many scientists believed that only mammals and birds could feel or think in complex ways. Reptiles, fish, and insects were seen as simple creatures that reacted purely on instinct. But ...

Psychrolutes phrictus, the blob sculpin, is a type of blobfish. (Photo by: HUM Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Talk about a reputation glow-up. The blobfish lives up to its name with ...

The Savannah River stretches 301 miles along the border of South Carolina and Georgia. It begins at Lake Hartwell in the north and ends as an estuary that empties into the Atlantic Ocean south of ...

Scientists at the University of Florida have developed a rapid eDNA test that can detect invasive Asian swamp eels and ...

Can we finally retire the myth that goldfish have three-second memories? This oft-cited “fact” has been thoroughly debunked. Scientists have shown that fish can distinguish and remember individuals, ...

This sea creature may have just experienced the "ugly duckling" glowup of the fish world. Once dubbed the "world's ugliest animal," the blobfish – scientific name Psychrolutes marcidus – has been ...