The world’s biggest fish — the whale shark — doesn’t have a reputation for speed. But researchers have discovered that although the fish seem sluggish on the surface, deep down they are deceptively ...

News that a diving enthusiast was mistaken as a fish twice in a row went viral on Sunday. According to reports, a man surnamed Zhao from Qingdao, East China's Shandong Province, went to the seaside to ...

There’s something very fishy about this friendship. A man has befriended a freshwater smallmouth bass in the wild — and now they meet up every summer. Rex Colubra was on a dive in September 2021 when ...

Nikki Forrester is a science journalist based in Davis, West Virginia. Carolin Sommer-Trembo’s first foray into studying fish behaviour was during her PhD at the University of Frankfurt in Germany, ...

There’s only one word for it: indescribable. “It’s one of those awesome experiences you can’t put into words,” says fish ecologist Simon Thorrold. Thorrold is trying to explain how it feels to dive ...

University of Cambridge biologist Andrew Gillis studies the embryos of elephant fish, distant relatives of sharks with long, trunklike snouts. But how, exactly, do you get an elephant fish embryo? You ...

Research reveals how natural selection shaped the Bajau sea nomads’ spleens to boost oxygen delivery, helping them dive for ...

At least 11 men from Indonesia’s Seriwe village, on the island of Lombok, have died in compressor diving accidents. Others have suffered varying degrees of paralysis. The accidents are made more ...

New research from a Scots university has revealed why seals don't drown when they spend extended periods of time underwater. The marine mammals can hold their breath for prolonged spells, up to two ...

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