the flashlight fish uses its light-flashing bacteria for schooling in the dark. Schooling, or synchronized swimming, requires fish be able to spot one another for coordinated group movement.

The question is studied partly by observing the developing behavior of young schooling fishes in a special laboratory aquarium By Evelyn Shaw Join Our Community of Science Lovers!

Here, we explore ten intriguing fish behaviors and the explanations behind them. Schooling is a behavior where fish swim together in coordinated groups. This behavior is primarily a survival strategy.

Researchers from the University of Konstanz and the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior in Germany have worked out a way ...

Here are five photos that beautifully illustrate why fish choose to group up. Striped eel catfish displaying schooling behavior. Such a group can be remarkably silent, even ... [+] though it might ...

The study, published as a Reviewed Preprint in eLife, is described as of fundamental importance by the editors, providing new ...