Scientists deciphered some of the strange and unique sounds made by 8 fish species along the coast of British Columbia.

The cow goes moo. The duck goes quack. The dog goes woof. And the fish goes ... what, exactly? Toddlers aren’t the only ones asking this question. Scientists are eavesdropping on fish to research and ...

150 years after they were discovered, researchers have identified how specific nerve-cell structures on the penis and clitoris are activated. Although these structures, called Krause corpuscles, are ...

Chris Kehrer, science program manager at Port Royal Sound Foundation in South Carolina, recently answered a question I have wondered about since childhood. Why does the Atlantic croaker, a marine fish ...

New tool combines 360° video with spatial audio recording to accurately identify fish through sound. Recordings are the most extensive bank of natural fish sounds published to date, including many ...

Fish were discovered to make sounds more than 2,000 years ago, but they have gone largely unheard by humans. While a typical, bustling coral reef may be home to dozens of fish species, until recently, ...

Swimming in schools makes fish surprisingly stealthy underwater, with a group able to sound like a single fish. The new findings by Johns Hopkins University engineers working with a high-tech ...

As a lifelong fishkeeper, I’m familiar with noisy fish. Perhaps my favorite noisy aquarium fish are the Synodontis catfishes, which produce a rasping sound resembling a growl that can easily be heard ...

There are grunts and growls, knocks and croaks — but the wild sounds detected by a team of British Columbia researchers don’t belong to any of the province’s famous forest creatures. The noises are ...

When underwater, humans cannot determine where a sound comes from. Sound travels about five times faster there than on land. That makes directional hearing, or sound localization, nearly impossible ...

Chris Kehrer, science program manager at Port Royal Sound Foundation in South Carolina, recently answered a question I have wondered about since childhood. Why does the Atlantic croaker, a marine fish ...