Off the coast of Japan, a small, spikey orange fish was caught on the end of a fishing line. The creature was pulled more than 500 feet to the surface and it was identified as a scorpionfish, a kind ...

The long structures seen in manta rays and their relatives function as an early warning system, rather than a defensive ...

They, too, have a lure on their head that draws unsuspecting ... rod made of connective tissue that is its spine. One of the ...

Acanthopsaron straitum, or the banded duckbill signalfish, has a body length of about 1.7 inches and spines along its back, researchers said. The fish has ... species has a “head and body ...

“Even these spines from this really odd, derived group of fishes, the pufferfish, still use the same set of genes that makes hair, feathers, fish scales, and shark dermal denticles.” Pufferfish belong ...

a short head, and a small, pronounced mouth. The fish is distinguished by the reddish-orange color on its lower sides and belly. Males have a bright red spot between the first spines of their upper ...

The mess, orchestrated by controversial KIIS FM radio hosts Kyle Sandilands and Jackie ‘O’ Henderson, saw Tegan be nominated ...

The fish's jaw and neck are hinged so its mouth can open mouth wide and impale prey on needle-sharp teeth. This species is about the size of a football and covered in spines. It also has branches that ...

this joint allows the coelacanth to open its mouth especially wide in order to swallow fish and other prey. A pair of powerful muscles—the largest muscles in the head—cross the intracranial ...