To investigate the fish-gill-ear question ... the ability to increase the propagation of sound waves, which may be an adaptation for mammalian hearing. “While there is indeed a program that ...

However, the fish—which Lemberg’s colleagues discovered in 2004—also had aquatic features such as a full set of gills ... This kind of adaptation would have given animals an advantage ...

Among their findings is that trout from lakes stocked decades ago in the Wind Rivers have evolved to develop more gill rakers, which are bony or cartilage structures in the gullets of fish that act ..

Scientists have traced the evolutionary origin of humans' outer ears to the gills of ancient fish through a series of gene-editing experiments. When you purchase through links on our site ...

Fish use gills to take in oxygen from the water. But many fish, like the mangrove rivulus, have adaptations that let them breathe air. For instance, mangrove rivulus “have specialized skin that ...

First, and most obvious, is that fish possess gills that have evolved to absorb ... meaning they require a lot less energy. This adaptation is essential as the concentration of dissolved oxygen ...

Anguilla japonica eels can escape a predator’s stomach through the fish’s gills. Now, scientists are using X-ray videography to watch just how eels accomplish this. The findings are detailed ...

Baby Japanese eels have been spotted escaping from the stomachs of fish that have eaten them by backing out tail-first, as if moonwalking, first out of their esophagus and then their gills ...

“Witnessing the eels’ desperate escape from the predator’s stomach to the gills was truly astonishing for us.” In general, it’s unclear what happens when a fish is swallowed whole by ...