Fish evolution is so strange that it's given us species that can count, change color by "seeing" with its skin and even fish that can "sing." But sea robins in the family Triglidae are some of the ...

Evolution has turned out bizarre and baffling creatures, such as walking fish. It only gets weirder from there. Some of these fish not only walk on the seafloor, but use their leg-like appendages to ...

The evolution of novel traits is a central theme in understanding how organisms adapt to their environments, and sea robins (family Triglidae) provide a fascinating case study. Recent research, led by ...

Sea robins are unusual animals with the body of a fish, wings of a bird, and walking legs of a crab. Now, researchers show that the legs of the sea robin aren’t just used for walking. In fact, they ...

Some types of sea robins, a peculiar bottom-dwelling ocean fish, use taste bud-covered legs to sense and dig up prey along the seafloor, according to new research. Sea robins are so adept at rooting ...

Sea robins are weird animals who use leg-like appendages to walk on the seafloor. Now, scientists know why they evolved those limbs. Reading time 3 minutes Forget crab legs. When it comes to taste, ...

Sea robins are ocean fish particularly suited to their bottom-dwelling lifestyle: Six leg-like appendages make them so adept at scurrying, digging, and finding prey that other fish tend to hang out ...

There are many mysteries of the ocean that still baffle scientists. Most of the time, this revolves around unique sea creatures that actually exist, despite being animals that look like aliens. One of ...

A fish with legs uses them to “taste” the seabed for prey, reveals new research. Sea robins have the body of a fish, the wings of a bird, and six legs, similar to a crab. Two new studies have revealed ...

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