Remoras evolved to be clingy. The suction cup on their foreheads allows them to attach to larger animals like fridge magnets.

What has at least 1,800 teeth, a snout like a duck, a suction cup on its belly, and has only ever been seen in a couple of old museum specimen jars? The clingfish family’s newest member. Nettorhamphos ...

Four years ago, we heard how scientists had gained a new understanding of the Northern clingfish's ability to … well, to cling to things. Utilizing that knowledge, they've now developed a suction cup ...

Researchers offer new insight into the evolution of the suction ability of remora fishes, showcasing a bioinspired suction disk that mimics, and can exceed, the fish's uncanny powers of adhesion.

The Northern Clingfish is one of the weirdest animals I’ve ever seen. It has a suction cup on its belly that can tightly hold onto anything, no matter how rough and irregular the surface is. The cup’s ...

There is always a colleague from the company next door who hitches a ride during my commute. He brings along cheap sandwiches to share for breakfast. Nature also has its own annoying free riders, such ...

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As the hitchhikers of the marine world, the remora fish is well known for getting free rides by gripping onto hosts with its suction disc, a highly modified dorsal fin on its head. Now, work ...

[Narrator] If you didn't think fish could be cute, first of all, how dare you. Second of all, just look at the spiny lumpsucker. While your typical fish has a streamlined body that cuts neatly through ...

A fisherman has shared a video of an unusual 'suction cup' fish that he caught that can stick to walls 'for quite a while'. TikTok star Blake Hass caught the lumpfish while he was out at sea and ...