Of the 32 eels that were swallowed whole by dark sleeper fish in a recent study, nine of them successfully escaped to safety izumi yokoduka/Getty Eels are evading becoming supper by slipping out of ...

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Japanese eels have found an ingenious way to escape a fish's stomach after being swallowed — backing up the digestive tract then squeezing themselves out of the predator's gills. In a scientific first ...

Officials with the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) are reminding anglers to steer clear of releasing a rare invasive species into the water if they happen to catch the fish.

S. snuffleupagus, a newly described species of fish, is named after the beloved Sesame Street character, Mr. Snuffleupagus, ...

There’s not much that the Northern Snakehead Fish can’t do. It’s an aggressive hunter. Its unique respiratory system lets it survive outside of water for days at a time. It’s also a prolific breeder, ...

The next breakthrough in medical implants could come from a terrifying, needle-fanged fish lurking ...

The whitemargin stargazer is not just any fish. The stargazer fish is a strange-looking ambush predator that buries itself in ...

Imagine you’re a Japanese eel, swimming around just minding your own business when—bam! A predatory fish swallows you whole and you only have a few minutes to make your escape before certain death.

A $100M fishway project aims to reopen upstream Yuba River habitat to salmon. Anglers fear predator fish access could jeopardize protected wild trout fisheries. Wildlife officials predict improved ...

Brittany Peterson landed an exclusive on an emerging threat to an endangered fish a few weeks after leading a large, all-formats package on conservationists’ efforts to protect the species on the ...