A surprising number of hillstream loaches—a family of Asian fish—are capable of walking on land using all four limbs, according to a new study. It’s a discovery that could explain how some of the ...

Sometimes a fish out of water really can do better on land! Scientists studying a strange fish called a bichir from riverbanks in Africa have found that when they raise these so-called dragon fish in ...

When we say that someone is a “fish out of water,” we sometimes mean to suggest that they are uncomfortable or out of their element. Yet in nature, there are fish supremely adapted to life outside of ...

A specialized diet and the ability to adapt allowed blennies, also known as "land fish," to move out of the water and live on land, according to a new study. The research notes that some species of ...

It was one of the key events in the evolution of animals – and now it has been replayed in the lab. Evolutionary biologists reared air-breathing fish on land for eight months and found that the ...

It’s a literal case of fish out of water. Blenny fish in the South Pacific Ocean are gradually relocating to land to escape their aquatic predators, in an example of evolution in action. Fish first ...

Mosquitofish can leap with "skill and purpose." How did animals move from water to land? The answer may have just got a little murkier. A study published this month in the Journal of Experimental ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study shows how an amphibious fish stays alive for up to two months on land. It's all in the skin. “All cells in the body need the right combination of ions and water for an ...

Mudskippers live happily both above and below the water. ©aDam Wildlife/Shutterstock.com The old idiom of being a fish out of water is never a positive thing. Instead, it paints a picture of being ...

Learn more about a fish-inspired robot and what it can teach us about how animals first left the water and began moving on land. In the swamps of Southeast Asia, changing temperatures can cause water ...