Researchers found that lookdown fish camouflage themselves through a complex manipulation of polarized light after it strikes the fish skin. In laboratory studies, they showed that this kind of ...

The new Applebee’s restaurant in Coney Island celebrates its grand opening Monday — and death is on the menu. A Blacktip shark named Zane had to be removed Friday from the restaurant’s 5,000-gallon ...

Many Central New York youngsters are heading back to school this week after a long summer vacation. For the Lookdown fish in the USS Antiquities exhibit at the Rosamond Gifford Zoo, schooling is ...

Here's a who's who guide to the newest residents of the St. George Staten Island Ferry Terminal fish tanks. The easiest to identify are the paper-thin silver and sort of alien-like Lookdown Fish. They ...

As Jerry Schubel strolled through the newest exhibit at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, which turned 10 years old Friday, a swarm of giggling children gathered in front of a massive tank ...

Why we love them: Lookdowns are rarely targeted, but can be caught by anglers fishing for snapper, pompano and croaker. They love live or natural baits, but occasionally can be caught on artificial ...

Something fishy is going on. A group of public school students on a field trip discovered an “unidentified fish” at the mouth of Coney Island Creek on July 24. “It seems to be in the darter family — ...

DULUTH — Subdued lighting and patterns of water reflections combined with shades of ocean blue and aquamarine create a calm environment for visitors to the Great Lakes Aquarium’s new exhibit, ...

Two complaints have been filed so far against the two saltwater fish tanks installed last month in the St. George Ferry Terminal. But though some have derided Borough President James Molinaro's ...

It may seem like there's nowhere to hide in the open ocean, but fish have figured out a way to mask themselves in nothing but water and sunlight, a new study says. Scientists already suspected that ...