Sinocyclocheilus xingrenensis, or the Xingren golden-lined fish, has a “golden yellow” body with a “slightly translucent ...

THIS fish looks like an alien from outer space, and even its English name has an intergalactic ring to it. It is called a ...

Michigan's lake sturgeon are protected, the DNR reminds anglers, and must be released immediately if caught by mistake.

More than a century has passed since the St. Louis River teemed with lake sturgeon, the largest of all Great Lakes fish and as ancient as dinosaurs. Aided by polluted and dam-blocked spawning grounds ...

After lowering themselves into a “vertical cave” in Indonesia, a team of cavers paused at a shallow pool. Floating inside was an odd-looking creature with skin where its eyes should be. They didn’t ...

Their eyeless heads have a “rounded” snout and several whisker-like barbels. Photos show the “silvery-white” coloring of the new species which, like other cave-dwelling animals ...

According to the Department of Natural Resources (DNR), ice fishing has been good this season but anglers on the ice ...

There are two pairs of barbels, or the fleshy, whisker-like protrusions found on some fish, on the new species’ face, according to the study. Its large eyes and scaleless body are notable not ...

They have five rows of bony plates called scutes on their backs and sides, as well as whisker-like barbels near their mouths. Often referred to as “living fossils” or “dinosaur fish,” lake ...