Researchers have rediscovered a rare fish species presumed to be extinct after it was not seen for more than eight decades.

The Chel snakehead, also known as the Channa amphibeus, hadn’t had a recorded sighting since the last of the specimens was ...

Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences' South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Zhejiang University, and Ocean ...

Researchers in China have named a newly discovered fish species after the Studio Ghibli character San from "Princess Mononoke," based on its similar facial markings. Published in the open-access ...

Oarfish have long been associated with impending doom and its eerie appearance and deep-sea origins have cemented its reputation as a creature of superstition.

The sight of the oarfish in shallow waters is bad news in Japanese folklore. Here's the meaning behind the 'doomsday' fish.

In a river of northeastern Brazil, an “armored” creature with “large” eyes paused to rest against a rock. The maze-like ...

Scientists have captured an extremely rare fish on camera for the first time in broad daylight, Oceanographic Magazine ...

See All Key Ideas Scientists and Indigenous community members documented 27 new-to-science species in Peru’s Alto Mayo region, including four new mammals and a bizarre “blob-headed” fish ...

Looking at the fish in a laboratory, researchers quickly realized they’d discovered a new species: Hypancistrus seideli, or Seidel’s armored catfish. Several Hypancistrus seideli, or Seidel ...

Farmers and environmental advocates rallied in Bangkok Jan. 13 to demand the government and a private corporation take serious action to address the escalating spread of blackchin tilapia, a highly ...

The team extracted DNA from water samples and tested it to reveal the presence of 161 species, including the dwarf loach (an endangered freshwater fish), the Asiatic softshell turtle and the Asian ...