Wrasse fish use hard surfaces as tools to crack open prey. This behavior shows flexible thinking and environmental awareness.

LIFE CYCLE: Humphead wrasse are long-lived for fish, known to survive for at least 30 years. FEEDING: Using their ultra-tough teeth, humphead wrasse consume hard-shelled species such as mollusks, ...

Scientists have debunked the belief that using tools is unique to mammals and birds, after documenting tropical fish that ...

Once eaten only by royalty, humphead wrasse are today highly sought after in the luxury food industry of east Asia. And the global-warming-induced die-off of coral reefs is leaving this unique species ...

Off the coast of Brazil, a scuba diver captured something remarkable on video: a wrasse fish gripped a mollusk in its mouth, ...

In nature, interactions between species are often framed in terms of survival—those that hunt and those that are hunted. But research is showing some animals form surprising partnerships, reshaping ...

The slingjaw wrasse, Epibulus insidiator, is a species of wrasse with an astounding jaw. Its mouth can extend over half the length of the fish's body. The fish can protrude its jaws longer than ...

The goldsinny wrasse acclimated after six hours and increased its thermal tolerance by 2.8°C to 31.7°C, but did not achieve a ...

Alexandra Schnell receives funding from the National Geographic Society. In nature, interactions between species are often framed in terms of survival — those that hunt and those that are hunted.