An unusual eye structure helps the strange-looking elephantnose fish see in their dim and murky habitat, a new study suggests. These fish live in muddy rivers in central and west Africa, which are ...

ELEPHANT BUTTE, N.M. — With a little imagination, the flat-topped butte protruding from the dammed waters of the Rio Grande in Sierra County, is said to resemble an elephant. Resemblant or not, ...

(CNN) — A small species of fish that measures no more than half an inch in length is capable of producing sounds louder than an elephant, according to a new study. Danionella cerebrum,tiny translucent ...

Chimaeroid fish are a small group of cartilaginous fish in terms of the number of species. In their appearance, there are features of different fish, which was the reason for the first scientific name ...

Ghost sharks are being eaten by leopard seals off the coast of New Zealand, providing the first evidence the species utilizes chondrichthyans—fish that have cartilaginous skeletons—as a food source.