Ancient placoderms evolved different jaw designs for crushing or breaking hard prey, depending partly on predator-prey size ...

Smithsonian Ichthyologist Matt Girard talks about how and why he studies archerfishes. Abigail Eisenstadt There’s a group of fishes that shoot water from their mouth to stun prey. Matt Girard, an ...

Cichlid fishes exhibit differing degrees of curiosity. The cause for this lies in their genes, as reported by researchers from the University of Basel in the journal Science. This trait influences the ...

Swim along the edge of a coral reef and you'll often see schools of sleek, torpedo-shaped fishes gliding through the currents, feeding on tiny plankton from the water column. For decades, scientists ...

Photos taken by blackwater divers offered a new glimpse into the early life stages of marine fishes and their interactions with other animals. By Alexa Robles-Gil Every night after dusk, one of the ...

Discover the Amazon’s 2,700+ freshwater fish species and the rivers they rely on, while exploring key threats and ...

Discover the latest articles and news in related subjects. Figure 1: A comparison of reef fish tooth morphologies over the last 240 million years reveals the rise of new long-toothed fishes.

Fishery management systems can teach scientists how fish can be raised sustainably in wild fisheries. Emily Leclerc Climate change is causing oceans to warm, which in turn affects fish and fishers.