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An eel inside the digestive tract of a dark sleeper fish before its escape attempt.

Cleaner wrasse have the ability to construct a mental image of their body after looking at themselves in the mirror.

The Southern Ocean encircling Antarctica is the world’s largest feeding ground for baleen whales – species like humpbacks that filter tiny organisms from seawater for food. In the 20th century, whalers killed roughly 2 million large whales in the Southern Ocean. Some populations, like the Antarctic blue whale, were reduced…

Eels that have been swallowed by fish have been recorded for the first time sliding tail-first back out of their would-be predators' stomach and escaping out of their gills, a study said Monday.

Japanese eels take an average of under a minute to escape fish gut, scientists find

Eels use tail-first technique to back up digestive tract of fish towards oesophagus before coming out of gills

In some fish species, couples lose all independence when they mate, even sharing one pair of eyes. Is that really something to aspire to?

Moules frites are a staple, but the majority of the shellfish eaten in the country are imported. Previous attempts to farm them have foundered – but a bumper harvest this year suggests the ‘delicate’ Belgian mussel is here to stay

MSG is making a comeback. The internet’s favourite cucumber salad recipe includes fish sauce, cucumber, garlic and – as the video’s creator Logan tells us with a generous sprinkle from the bag – “MSG, obviously”.