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World's oldest aquarium fish 'Methuselah' could be decades older than we originally thought, DNA clock reveals
A new study has found that the famous Australian lungfish Methuselah, who first arrived in the U.S. in 1938, could be up to 101 years old.
'True rarity': Gigantic alligator gar caught and released in Texas reservoir could break 2 world records
Anglers in Texas reeled in a 283-pound alligator gar after a lengthy battle with the enormous fish. Experts say the catch likely breaks a 72-year record.
2 liver-eating orcas forced an entire population of great white sharks to flee their home waters
Researchers have discovered that hundreds of great white sharks that vanished from their home off the Western Cape of South Africa have moved east in order to survive — but this could spell trouble for both the sharks and the people living there.
Every year, dozens of female hammerhead sharks mysteriously convene in French Polynesia under the full moon
Every austral summer, Rangiroa and Tikehau atolls in French Polynesia host a mysterious assembly of female great hammerhead sharks — a critically endangered and typically solitary species.
Color-changing hogfish use their skin to 'see' themselves — even after they're dead
Hogfish can not only change colors but also "see" with their skin.
West Indian Ocean coelacanth: The once-'extinct' Lazarus fish that can live for 100 years
Believed to have gone extinct at the time of the dinosaurs, the coelacanth has one of the longest gestation periods on Earth — and it can hunt in a headstand.
Great white sharks: The world's largest predatory fish
Great white sharks are the largest predatory fish in the world, but scientists still have much to learn about these iconic predators.
Ultra-black eels that stalk the ocean's midnight zone all have the same strange skin and scientists now know why
Elusive eels may use ultra-black pigmentation alongside bioluminescence to pounce upon and engulf unwitting prey.
