Groups of fish give a schooling to solitary travelers--they expend 79 percent less energy. By Laura Baisas Published Jun 6, 2024 2:00 PM EDT Deposit Photos Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 ...

Swimming in schools has massive energy-saving benefits for fish. A study in “water tunnels” has found that fish use half as much energy swimming at high speeds if they are in a school rather than ...

Swimming through turbulent water is easier for schooling fish compared to solitary swimmers, according to a study published June 6 th in the open-access journal PLOS Biology by Yangfan Zhang of ...

A new study of giant danios (not pictured) suggests schools of fish save 79 percent more energy in turbulent conditions than fish swimming individually. Gordon Firestein via Wikimedia Commons under CC ...

New simulations show that fish look downward when they swim because the stable riverbed below them provides more reliable information about their swimming direction and speed. Just as you might look ...

A species of anglerfish spends their whole lives swimming upside down, scientists have found. An international team of researchers published these findings in a new study in the Journal of Fish ...

In Slovenia’s Lake Cerknica, a seasonal spectacle plays out twice a year. As the waters retreat in spring and fall, fish are ...

Species across the planet are on the move. Climate change has already caused more than 12,000 species to shift their homes across land, freshwater and the sea. They move to escape unfavorable ...