As life on earth evolved, billions of creatures made the move from primordial ooze to life on land. For most, that eons-long transformation was a one-way trip. With the exception of amphibians—which ...

The old idiom of being a fish out of water is never a positive thing. Instead, it paints a picture of being uncomfortable or awkward. This is how most fish feel when they are removed from their ...

When you think about human evolution, there’s a good chance you’re imagining chimpanzees exploring ancient forests or early humans daubing woolly mammoths on to cave walls. But we humans, along with ...

The transition from water to land is one of the most significant events in the history of life on Earth. Now, a team of roboticists, palaeontologists and biologists is using robots to study how the ...

A visualization of Tiktaalik roseae, an extinct aquatic animal with fossils that shed light on the evolution of land animals from marine animals millions of years ago. Nobu Tamura via Wikimedia ...

Can Fish Walk on land? In this video I will be answering this question and many more as I will be going through 4 fish that walk on land and 1 fish that just walks. There are many different species of ...

Imagine a creature that looks like a fish but walks on four legs. The axolotl is a true wonder of nature. The axolotl (ack-suh-lah-tuhl) is an amphibian that originates from the ancient lakes of ...

There’s a reason behind the saying “fish out water.” Fish don’t tend to do well if they’re not immersed in liquid. But ...

Editor’s note: This story is part of a year-long series commemorating the 10-year anniversary of the Marine Biological Laboratory's affiliation with the University of Chicago. “Inelegant” is a ...

If you see it, kill it. An invasive fish species is harming the Mississippi ecosystem, and you can help stop it. Northern snakeheads (channa argus) are native to East Asia. They've been confirmed in ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (NEXSTAR) – A new sighting of the so-called ...

FLUSHING, Queens (PIX11) – Although carnivorous fish have long been important in aquatic ecosystems, one invasive and aggressive predator has been documented to survive outside its natural environment ...