The old idiom of being a fish out of water is never a positive thing. Instead, it paints a picture of being uncomfortable or ...

Defying aquatic norms, several fish species across Asia, Africa, Australia, and the Americas exhibit remarkable terrestrial ...

In the rich tapestry of Earth’s species, few animals captivate the imagination quite like the axolotl. Officially known as ...

Walking fish raised on land mimic ancient evolutionary transition August 27, 2014 More than 10 years ago Watch as the Polypterus senegalus fish uses its fins and body to move across a sandy surface.

You can’t simply toss the fish on land to let it die. Here’s what officials want you to do instead.

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. Fish ...

'Walking' fish could help scientists to understand how we left the ocean. Fossil of a fish with wrist bones has revealed that our brains knew how to walk before we grew legs.

Two new species of “walking” fish in the Gulf of Mexico might be swimming their way to disaster: they’re right in the path of the Gulf oil spill, according to National Geographic.

A snub-nosed monkey that sneezes when it rains, a walking fish and a jewel-like snake are among more than 200 new species discovered in the eastern Himalayas, according to a new report.

It’s a bird! It’s a crab! No, it’s a fish that can taste with its legs. Some sea robins, a group of fishes with two winglike fins and six crablike legs, use their legs to dig in sand and ...