Fishy Facts

The white ibis, Eudocimus albus, stands about two feet tall and has a wingspan of three feet. Its plumage is...

It’s definitely not qualified to care for hospital patients, so how did this barbel-faced bottom dweller get the name “nurse”...

It’s the stuff of science fiction: a parasite that eats, and replaces, the tongue of its host. That’s the very...

If you’ve never heard of a tar lily, you’re not alone. Few have been discovered in our oceans, but two...

The black swallower, Chiasmodon niger, is a small deep-sea fish found in the North and Southwestern Atlantic, including the Gulf...

“Will you walk a little faster?" said a whiting to a snail, "There's a porpoise close behind us, and he's...

Bigclaw snapping shrimps, Alpheus heterochaelis, are the largest of all the snapping shrimps. Adults can reach up to 2 inches...

Our active pilot, who was also the first lieutenant of the Marion, pointed out to me a small island which...

Sea robins are a family of mostly benthic scorpaeniform fish. They share an order with scorpionfish and lionfish, which are...

If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least to consider the possibility that...