The sea can be a dark and scary place, where survival often depends on not being alone. In the vast, open water, fish rarely swim solo. Instead, they aggregate into schools or shoals as a strategy to ...

Groups of fish give a schooling to solitary travelers--they expend 79 percent less energy. By Laura Baisas Published Jun 6, 2024 2:00 PM EDT Deposit Photos Get the ...

Scientists have built a school of robotic fish powered by human heart cells. The fish, which swim on their own, show how lab-grown heart tissue can be designed to maintain a rhythmic beat indefinitely ...

Swimming in schools makes fish surprisingly stealthy underwater, with a group able to sound like a single fish. Engineers working with a high-tech simulation of schooling mackerel offer new insight ...

Daniel Quinn receives funding from The National Science Foundation and The Office of Naval Research. Underwater vehicles haven’t changed much since the submarines of World War II. They’re rigid, ...

From a research vessel in the Pacific Ocean, scientists watched the feeds of several cameras sitting on the seafloor. Miles below, a deep-sea fish approached the camera’s bait then, changing its mind, ...