The rockhead, or deep-pitted, poacher may use its ribs to beat the inside of its head cavity to communicate with other ...

Evolution has turned out bizarre and baffling creatures, such as walking fish. It only gets weirder from there. Some of these fish not only walk on the seafloor, but use their leg-like appendages to ...

A mysterious ailment causing fish in the Florida Keys to spin in circles has touched off a frantic race to find the cause and save an endangered species before it’s too late. Eight months into ...

Add this one to your list of 20th-century Americana weirdness: the fur-bearing trout, a legendary fish said to grow a thick pelt of fur to survive frigid waters. This urban legend has made its way ...

Something very freaky is lurking in the deep waters off the California coast. Researchers aboard a deep sea vessel spotted a barreleye fish and captured the rare sighting on video. The bizarre-looking ...

Ole Miss football coach and social-media instigator Lane Kiffin landed a big and bizarre-looking fish in Florida during the lead up to Independence Day. We know this because of Kiffin’s July 1 X post, ...

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Researchers on an ...

Kiffin's recent X post showed the giant trumpetfish he caught in Florida. Another photo he posted included a t-shirt for the boat he was fishing from. Ole Miss football coach and social-media ...

(CNN) — Researchers on an expedition in Peru have discovered 27 animal species new to science – among them a “blob-headed fish” and a type of semi-aquatic mouse. The survey was conducted by ...