For fish eggs, getting gobbled by a duck kicks off a harrowing journey that includes a pummeling in the gizzard and an attack by stomach acids. But a few eggs can exit unscathed in a duck’s excrement, ...
Beneath the ice or buried in the gravels, there are fish eggs waiting to hatch. They've already been waiting for a long, long time - about five months or so with more weeks yet to go. These are eggs ...
Scientists report a documented case of a coral reef fish directly regulating when its offspring hatch. Male neon gobies hatch their embryos by removing eggs from the nest with their mouth, ...
We’ve all heard the phrase, “a fish out of water,” but these fish take it literally. As you can see in this YouTube video, splash tetras lay their eggs on a leaf overhanging the water. Only 1% of the ...
Leaving the comfort and safety of home to explore the world is a difficult decision. However, in a tiny coral reef fish called a neon goby, dads help their offspring take the plunge by pushing them ...