Prof. Carl Hopkins researches Mormyrid fish, which are known as weakly electric fish because they produce small electric currents and use electric fields for communication and location purposes. His ...

An electric eel is pictured in this undated handout photo provided by Jason Gallant, Michigan State University. REUTERS/Jason Gallant, Michigan State University/Handout via Reuters By Will Dunham ...

Fish that use electric fields to sense their environments dim their signals to save energy during the day when they are resting. Sternopygus macrurus, a South American river fish, is a natural ...

Male fish can amp up their electric fields to woo females and intimidate rivals, research now reveals. A number of fish can generate electric fields. Relatively few such electric fish pack strong ...

The elephant-nose fish Gnathonemus petersii relies on electricity to find food and navigate through the obstacles riddling its native murky African rivers. On July 11 in the journal Neuron, Columbia ...

Evolution has bequeathed to the glass knifefish some nifty talents. With an elongated ribbon fin that runs nearly the length of its body, the fish hovers, moves forward, and reverses using a subtle ...

Better brains make one fish, two fish, into lots and lots of fish. [partner id="sciencenews" align="right"]After upgrading their ability to communicate using ...

Back in 2016, a scientist from Germany's University of Bonn discovered how the African elephantnose fish can switch between its visual and electrical sensory systems. Now, a team led by that same ...

In many, many ways, fish of the species Brienomyrus brachyistius do not speak at all like Barack Obama. For starters, they communicate not through a spoken language but through electrical pulses ...

The elephant-nose fish Gnathonemus petersii relies on electricity to find food and navigate through the obstacles riddling its native murky African rivers. Researchers have presented evidence that the ...