Fish

Marine animals that inspired characters in "Finding Dory" are as fascinating and endearing in the real world as they are on screen.

How closely do the animated "stars" in the new Disney/Pixar movie "Finding Dory" mirror their real-world animal counterparts?

In the dark ocean depths, there are fish that generate their own eerie glow — and a new study finds that far more of them do this than scientists suspected.

Fish command the spotlight in images of bioluminescent species.

The fish not only picked out a human face from a lineup, but were able to remember the face for at least 3 seconds.

Harmful subsidies must be eliminated if ocean fish are going to remain for future generations.

Not all coral reefs emerge from naturally occurring objects on the sea bottom.

What's the healthiest way to cook fish?

Fish have fins and gills, but they don't have necks. That's partly because it would be difficult to swim quickly with a neck that wagged back and forth in the water.

A tiny clue hidden in the bizarre eyes of the 300-million-year-old remains of a "Tully monster" has helped scientists determine that the curious creature is a vertebrate, a new study finds.

Filter-feeding fish accomplish a feat that human technologies cannot: filtering huge volumes of water without clogging their oral filters.

When a group of researchers crossbred cichlids to learn about their genetics, they discovered an unusual development in one of the hybrid females.

Move over, Mediterranean diet.

Some fish look odd, but a mysterious, green-eyed fish recently pulled out of Nova Scotia's waters is downright bizarre.

Communities of deep-sea marine life cause a low-frequency humming in the ocean, as the creatures swim to and from the surface to feed.

A Muppet-faced fish with a lanky body more than 6 feet long gulped down plankton in Earth's ancient oceans about 92 million years ago, a new study finds.

The ocean can be a deep and dark place, but the so-called "ninja" shark can light up its surroundings with a dimly glowing head, a new report says.

Electric eels have a shocking way of demobilizing their dinner.

A tourist to the Red Sea left with an unwanted souvenir: a pair of fish jaws in his eyelid, according to a new report of the case.

Before the dinosaur age, the coelacanth — a hefty, mysterious fish that now breathes with its gills — sported a well-developed lung, a new study finds.