And strangely enough, those same holes allowing the fish to breathe were modified through evolution to become eustachian tubes, which enable us humans to hear—but more about that later.

During a severe heat wave in 2023, scientists scuba diving off the coast of Papua New Guinea captured clownfish to measure ...

To better understand these unique genetic adaptations, scientists modified ... In future studies, notothenioids and other Antarctic fish -- as well as fish engineered to mimic notothenioids ...

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Scientists have discovered a new fish species in India that uniquely survives both underground and above ground.

Cavefish have obvious adaptations such as missing eyes and pale colors that demonstrate how they evolved over millennia in a dark, subterranean world. Now researchers say these incredible fish ...

However, researchers found that these silvery fish have overcome this basic law of reflection -- an adaptation that may help them evade predators. Silvery fish such as herring, sardine and sprat ...

“Fossils can give us important insights into how that transition might have unfolded, and the types of evolutionary adaptations it required or produced. But having a contemporary example of fish ...