Why does a Caribbean angelfish sometimes resemble its Indo-Pacific cousin, even though they have never lived in the same ocean? Why do coral reefs harbor such a wide range of stripes, spots and ...

Dominant males of an Indonesian species of fish turn black during periods of heightened aggression, scientists have discovered. Their blackened markings, which quickly emerge at the start of a ...

We investigated six Robertsonian translocations, including two cases of rob(13q14q), one of rob(14q21q), one of rob(13q22q), and two of rob(21q21q), by means of fluorescencein situ hybridization (FISH ...

When Lorian E. Schweikert, Ph.D., reeled in a hogfish on a fishing trip to the Florida Keys, she noticed something strange after setting it down on the deck of the boat. Hogfish are known for their ...

Reef fish in different oceans often develop similar color patterns because evolution explores the same set of biological ...

New research reveals signs of highly sensitive color vision in fish that live in the abyss beyond sunlight's reach An international team of researchers discovered a previously unknown visual system ...

Fish that have never known sunshine could be able to see the world in shades of blue and green we can’t even imagine. By JoAnna Klein The silver spinyfin, or little dori, inhabits a layer of the deep ...