Trawling the seabed doesn't just remove some of the fishes living there; it also makes some of the survivors thinner and less healthy by forcing them to use more energy finding less nutritious food.

Paul the Octopus—the eight-legged oracle who made international headlines with his amazingly accurate football forecasting—isn't the only talented cephalopod in the sea. The Indonesian mimic octopus, ...

Many of us, including scientists, have wondered how fish like sole and flounder ended up with two eyes on one side of their heads; flatfish are probably the most asymmetric vertebrates on the planet.

Hidden away in museums for more than 100 years, some recently rediscovered flatfish fossils have filled a puzzling gap in the story of evolution and answered a question that initially stumped even ...

The evolution of flatfish like halibut – fish with both eyes on one side of its head – has puzzled scientists for centuries. But now, Alaska Native News reports, scientists have a better idea that ...

HOUSTON - (May 3, 2021) - Ever look at a flatfish like a flounder or sole, with two eyes on one side of its head, and think, "How did that happen?" You're in luck. Rice University biologist Kory Evans ...

Docked in Seattle a few days after Thanksgiving, the F/T Constellation is still filled with the smell of coastal Alaska waters; briny ocean and fresh fish. It wafts up from the lower levels and covers ...

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Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Starting with Charles Darwin, evolutionary biologists have fretted and fought over the origins of flatfish, among the handful of weird, ...

Scientists have discovered the missing link in the evolution of modern-day flatfish, fish such as halibut and flounder that lie flat on the bottom of the sea and have both eyes on one side of their ...