
Don’t worry, cardinalfish, we didn’t want your eggs anyway
Like an anatomical panic room, the mouth of a cardinalfish might just be the safest place in the ocean if you’re an unhatched fry.
Like an anatomical panic room, the mouth of a cardinalfish might just be the safest place in the ocean if you’re an unhatched fry.
Scientists are working hard to ensure the red handfish has a future. They hope a new captive-rearing program is the answer.
Rowley Shoals, a marine reserve in the Indian Ocean, provides a stark but important contrast to areas suffering from overfishing.
Of all the fish you could meet in the waters of Australia, this angler is a world record holder.
Hailing from the warm, coastal waters of the Indian and Pacific Oceans, including around Australia, Indonesia, and New Caledonia, the fairy wrasses are known for their intensely beautiful (some say gaudy) colouring.
Scientists are finding plenty of clues that fish are more intelligent than anyone imagined.
Spend any time travelling in outback Australia and it won’t be long before someone tries to convince you they do.
The newly discovered fossil of Brindabellaspis, a fish with a platypus-like snout, reveals that coral reefs have long been evolution hotspots.
If you don’t just want to hug this sweet yellow fish, with its big round eyes and weird little snout, you must be a cat person.