A viral video of dead fish swimming is given a scientific explanation. After death, the spinal cord and nerves can still trigger muscle contractions briefly. Muscles retain stored energy (ATP) that ...

Swimming in schools makes fish surprisingly stealthy underwater, with a group able to sound like a single fish. The new findings by Johns Hopkins University engineers working with a high-tech ...

How body design shapes swimming Fish use body waves to swim, but the portion of the body involved in undulation varies across species. Anguilliform fish undulate most of their bodies, enabling high ...

For this episode of “For Science!” we explore the concepts of solubility and density using the “floating fish” experiment. Because dry erase markers are created to not stick to surfaces, it is made ...