Lurking in the muddy rivers of Africa is a fish so bizarre it seems borrowed from another animal entirely, and that strange snout is only the beginning of what makes it remarkable.

The mineralocortoid receptor (MR) regulates water and sodium transport throughout cells and tissues, which is critical for controlling blood pressure and so, not surprisingly, the MR is common to all ...

Elephant sharks offer a novel perspective on how humans evolved. A new study parses some previously unexplained reproductive differences. Researchers at University of California San Diego School of ...

Chimaeroid fish are a small group of cartilaginous fish in terms of the number of species. In their appearance, there are features of different fish, which was the reason for the first scientific name ...