There aren’t many reef-feeding fish out there, mostly because coral reefs have developed defense mechanisms to prevent becoming a fish’s lunch. Among those, some have external jellyfish-like ...

Fish lips may be fixture of the selfie generation, but for one tropical fish, a fleshy pout helps them survive. The tubelip wrasse (Labropsis australis) relies on self-lubricated lips to eat stinging ...

If you've ever had the bad luck of scraping your skin against coral in the ocean, you know how painful it can be. That's because in addition to its hard and spiny architecture, corals also contain ...

The razor-sharp skeleton and venomous stinging cells of corals make them one of the most challenging meals in nature, requiring hungry organisms to develop features that can bypass these biological ...

For hungry fish, corals make a difficult meal: venomous, coated with mucus and embedded in a razor-sharp, calcified skeleton. But one species, the tubelip wrass (Labropsis australis), has developed an ...

Scientists found a pinkish aquatic creature with wrinkly lips in a stream of southern China and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Chen, Mo, Du and Zhang (2025) In a stream of southern ...

One feature that has long captured the attention of biologists and aquarists alike is the unusually large lips of some cichlid species. These thick, plump lips have puzzled researchers for years, ...

The new species of fish was discovered in the Mahanadi River in India, according to the study. Photo by Boudhayan Bardhan on Unsplash A small, yellow creature torpedoed through the water, making its ...