Snipefish use a recoil mechanism to feed rapidly.

The Challenger expedition's data on ocean temperatures and currents, seawater chemistry, life in the deep sea, and the geology of the seafloor spurred the rise of modern oceanography.

How a meal affects minnows' positions in their schools

Lanternfish evolution provides unique insights into how deep-sea species might respond to commercial fishing.

Digesting a big meal takes energy, forcing some minnows to swim in spots at the rear of a school.

A study of 686 fish and invertebrates predicts that some animals will have to shift more than 1,000 kilometers to stay within tolerable temperatures.

Bigger, older mothers produce disproportionately more eggs than their smaller counterparts do.

The Atlantic has been free of intense air-gun blasts to probe for oil and gas for 30 years, and researchers fear for endangered North Atlantic right whales and other animals.

Cuckoo catfish trick cichlids into caring for their eggs in a strategy known as brood parasitism.