Chimps do it, birds do it, and now it turns out that fish do it, too - they all use tools of one kind or another to catch whatever they need to eat. Giacomo Bernardi, an evolutionary biologist at UC ...

With their exuberant colors, fiery personalities and captivating courtship displays, the fairy wrasses are one of the most beloved coral reef fish. Despite this, the evolutionary history of its genus ...

The little helpers known as cleaner fish, which nibble parasites off larger reef fish, actually prefer to nibble their clients. Earlier experiments had already caught cleaner fish apparently cheating, ...

Wrasses use hard surfaces, also called 'anvils,' to crack open hard-shelled prey such as crabs and mollusks. Through a citizen science initiative Fish Tool Use, researchers gathered 16 new ...

Scientists often warn against anthropomorphism — the attribution of human characteristics to animals or even nonliving things. But it’s hard to resist the charm of Labroides dimidiatus, a species of ...

There might be a tendency to overlook the saddle wrasse (thalassoma duperrey) simply because it is one of the most commonly seen fish swimming over the reef. However, like many other wrasse species, ...

Hailing from the warm, coastal waters of the Indian and Pacific oceans, including around Australia, Indonesia, and New Caledonia, the fairy wrasses are known for their intensely beautiful (some say ...

Cleaner wrasses (Labroides dimidiatus) thrive in coral reefs around the world. But they’re more than just another pretty face among the brightly colored marine ecosystem. Despite their diminutive size ...

Before deciding whether or not to fight another fish, cleaner wrasse check their own reflection in a mirror and size themselves up. First, Taiga Kobayashi at Osaka Metropolitan University in Japan and ...

With their exuberant colours, fiery personalities and captivating courtship displays, the fairy wrasses are one of the most beloved coral reef fish. Despite this, the evolutionary history of its genus ...