The diminutive predator is a terrible swimmer but thrives in the intertidal zone thanks to odd evolutionary adaptation. A Pacific spiny lumpsucker specimen under fluorescent light. Its bony scales ...

Even as the dinosaurs were becoming extinct 66 million years ago, the ancient ancestor of spiny-rayed fishes flourished, eventually giving rise to tens of thousands of species that can now be found in ...

Many fish species evolved parts of their fins into sharp, spiny, needle-like elements -- called fin spines -- that function to protect the fish against predators. Such spines have evolved ...

The Pacific spiny lumpsucker is a funny-looking fish with a round body, bubbly eyes and a mouth agape. But under fluorescent lighting it looks terrifying -- "demonic" even. That's the conclusion Leo ...

A megalodon that swam the oceans up to 11 million years ago had a cracked tooth that may have been caused by chomping down on a spiny fish, a study says. Researchers have performed an analysis of a ...

These fish may seem like they fly, but they’re actually noisy grunters YOU KNOW WHAT would suck? If a wizard said he knew a magic spell that could give you wings, and you’re like, “Okay!” But you didn ...