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Attack of the parasitic face-huggers

There’s a little something eating your face: scientists would love to warn fish shackled with ‘face-huggers’.

Up to 2m long the ribbonfish is an elegant deep-sea creature

Deep-sea creatures have adapted to life in the dark ocean depths.

This unusual fish’s bony fins can extend up to 1m to help them stand

A species of land-dwelling fish was armed against land predators before it left the water, experts say.

A small reef fish swims faster than the quickest ocean-going species, and exerts far less energy doing so – with VIDEO.

Markings on young damselfish create a ‘false eye’ that increases in size around predators, says a new study.

On the hunt for pygmy seahorses, biologist Richard Smith captured the precious diversity of underwater Japan.

Garlic can help fish avoid fanged, vampire-like parasites, a new study has found.