University of Cambridge biologist Andrew Gillis studies the embryos of elephant fish, distant relatives of sharks with long, trunklike snouts. But how, exactly, do you get an elephant fish embryo? You ...

You have a lot more in common with elephant fish than you probably think. Granted, you likely don't live hundreds of feet below the ocean's surface, emerging to shallow water once a year to lay your ...

An electrifying evolutionary radiation has evidently occurred among elephant fish in Africa's Ivindo basin. An implication is that open niches for communication can result in species diversification.

Over the past 60 years, marine biologists at UC Santa Cruz have monitored the behavior of northern elephant seals that journey to nearby Año Nuevo Natural Reserve. With the seals gathering on the ...

This image appears to have been altered. The fish pictured is markedly different from recognised species of elephant fish. An image has been shared on social media of a small, bright yellow fish with ...

For vertebrates, vision requires a compromise between signals from two types of light-detecting cells: rods and cones. Humans see sharply during the day thanks to a cluster of color-detecting cones in ...

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 ...

ELEPHANT BUTTE, N.M. — With a little imagination, the flat-topped butte protruding from the dammed waters of the Rio Grande in Sierra County, is said to resemble an elephant. Resemblant or not, ...

Cage the Elephant‘s heavy guitar riffs and energetic stage presence are known to incite large crowds and encourage crowd surfing. The band brought the same energy to Adult Swim’s absurd aquatic-themed ...