Salmon is the most popular fin fish species, capturing nearly 40% of category sales. The fin fish category contributed 37.8% to seafood department dollar sales for the 52 weeks ended December 27, ...

Research on fossilized fish from the late Devonian period, roughly 375 million years ago, details the evolution of fins as they began to transition into limbs fit for walking on land. Much of the ...

Two males of the cichlid fish Astatotilapia burtoni, the model organism used to study spine and soft-ray development in Hoech et al. (Credit: Joost Woltering) Two males of the cichlid fish ...

It's no big news that hands and feet evolved from aquatic fins. But when you look at a modern fish, it's hard to imagine just how how fins like theirs evolved into the hands, wrists and fingers that ...

Fish fins aren’t just for swimming. They’re feelers, too. The fins of round gobies can detect textures with a sensitivity similar to that of the pads on monkeys’ fingers, researchers report November 3 ...

(CBS Detroit) --If you've caught a trout or salmon in Michigan with its adipose fin clipped, the state Department of Natural Resources (DNR) says it may have a tag with important information. Lake ...

Peer into any fishbowl, and you’ll see that pet goldfish and guppies have nimble fins. With a few flicks of these appendages, aquarium swimmers can turn in circles, dive deep down or even bob to the ...

Researchers at Auburn University used wild-caught bluegills (Lepomis macro-chirus) in long-term behavioral studies. Bluegills (Fig. 1) are also commonly known as bream, blue bream, sun perch, blue ...