It's about time I got back into the swing of things. That means more cool creatures, hopefully with another 6-day week of entries at a ...

There's an unconscious gap between scientists and laypeople. Usually, the average Joe has nothing to do with labs and such. We're j...

 Happy Father's Day! After yesterday's news, it's time for something positive about dads...right? Unfortunately, in much of t...

Want an animal that could still be around 10,000 years after humanity? Sharks. Sharks are badasses that ate dinosaurs.  If we haven't d...

Ah, back to the deepsea abyss. Regardless of how many people treat space as the final frontier, we have yet to truly know our own planet. E...

If you live near any big city, there is a fine chance that there is an aquarium near you. Aquariums tend to have handy little pocket guides...

Eels seem to have a really bad reputation. Any and all eels suddenly become electrified. They're naturally slimy, not scaly, making the...

Much to one's surprise, Petco can be a learning experience. Most of their exotics are beginner-friendly and can hardly be considered ex...

Now for something completely different but nonetheless heartbreaking: A lot of the species in  Finding Nemo are in danger of going extinct...

The idea of "you can slap any word onto 'fish' and it's probably a thing" makes for a rather funny game. Triggerfish ...

If you ever pick up a sushi menu, you will see some strange stuff. There are things like sea urchin and eel alongside common salmon, tuna, ...

Let's be perfectly honest: glowing sushi probably would have made an O.K. bio-art entry, too. Sushi is undeniably edible art, and the c...

A while back, I did an entry on GloFish. These little glowing zebrafish have been in Petco for quite a while now, looking unnaturally beaut...

While I was in San Antonio, a strange, white fish with a horn caught my attention in the Rainforest Cafe's fish tank. I posted a pic of...

If you are ever in Houston and like fish, check out the Kemah Boardwalk. They have a restaurant there called "The Aquarium." It d...

We've looked at some pretty nasty things on this column. Most of them involve eating animals that we Americans would find unpalatable, ...

 When most people think of salmon, they think of one of two things: 1. pink fish meat, 2. the crayon named after pink fish meat, 3. a gener...

Fish has a weird cultural line going on with it. Some people consider it meat; others don't. There's a thing called "pescetari...

Ever notice how people are oddly limited when it comes to terrifying fish? We have piranhas, sharks, and barracudas that have a track recor...

This was awesome when I saw it. My favorite group of snake people took a trip to one of my favorite places in Chicago! Seriously, majorl...