Scientists reveal Priocharax rex, a tiny Amazonian fish with a strange skin “wing” that redefines evolution in miniature.

In the Amazon’s Putumayo basin of Colombia, a new species of fish was discovered swimming among submerged roots in a shallow forest stream. That fish, which is roughly the size of the average pinky ...

The bear scientists shot in the Canadian arctic in 2016 was a biological mystery. It looked like a grizzly bear, complete with long claws and a prominent snout, but most of its fur was white. Call it ...

During a tour of the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, Corey Allard noticed something strange: fish using six leg-like appendages to "walk" around the bottom of their tank.

At first glance, the blobfish, also known as a flathead sculpin (Psychrolutes phrictus), looks like a pinkish, gelatinous blob with a droopy mouth and a sagging nose. It looks even worse when it is ...

Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work covers anything from archaeology and the environment to technology and culture. Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work ...

The U.S. government is mounting an emergency response in an effort to save a unique and endangered fish found off the coast of Florida. The details are strange. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

When someone says "shark," the first images that come to mind for many people are rather typical – great whites, bull sharks and tiger sharks. But there are some species lurking beneath the sea that ...

Fish were discovered to make sounds more than 2,000 years ago, but they have gone largely unheard by humans. While a typical, ...