Although not as menacing as a great white, the zoo says the pair are anything but ordinary and have an important job.

Overall, then, the answer is no – for 95 percent of shark species, the idea that they’ll keel over if they ever stop moving ...

Getting finned when fishing is never fun, but did you know catfish can release venom? What to know in Mississippi ...

Mudskippers, amphibious fish dwelling in mudflats from Africa to South America, possess unique adaptations enabling them to thrive on land. They breat ...

A humpback whale stays by the side of a whale entangled in fishing gear. He spent more than five hours by her side, swimming below her and raising her to the surface to breathe. Photograph By Dan ...

Most species of sea robins are bottom-dwellers that both swim and crawl around on “legs” that extend from their pectoral fins. An international team of researchers has now discovered that the ...

To move on land, the mudskippers mainly use the fins attached to the side of their bodies, which are called pectoral fins. “Mudskippers have a unique way of moving, which has not been seen in ...

When using CT scanning to study a Bothriolepis fossil, Sharma observed a joint cavity between the shoulder and pectoral fin. Whether the cavity was filled with synovial fluid or cartilage is ...