Researchers have found that chunks of ‘flipped’ DNA can help fish quickly adapt to new habitats and evolve into new species, acting as evolutionary ‘superchargers’. Why are there so many different ...

A new “hairy” deep-sea coral species has been named after Chewbacca. Researchers were reminded of the Star Wars character after the discovery in the tropical western Pacific. The coral, named ...

When an unfamiliar pink fish appeared more than 10,000 feet down in the outer reaches of Monterey Canyon in 2019, scientists with the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute were able to document the ...

A new WWF report is sounding the alarm on Africa’s freshwater fish: one in four fish species it assessed is at risk of extinction. These declines threaten not only biodiversity, but also the food ...

What looks like an ordinary creek is actually packed with aquarium species gone wild. Bright cichlids flash through the current, turning this natural stream into a living fish tank. The sight is ...