When you and I take a deep breath, we pull air into our lungs. That’s because humans are mammals. But fish aren’t mammals. They usually don’t breathe air. They usually don’t have lungs. That’s what I ...

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PHOENIX — Golden algae toxin blooms are behind recent fish kills at Saguaro and Canyon lakes, the Arizona Game and Fish Department confirmed Friday. Golden algae, which can be harmful to ...

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The human middle ear—which houses three tiny, vibrating bones—is key to transporting sound vibrations into the inner ear, where they become nerve impulses that allow us to hear. Embryonic and fossil ...

Fish can indeed suffocate, despite living in water. Their gills, vital for extracting oxygen, require a constant flow of ...

A collaborative team of scientists recently found that there is no physiological evidence supporting a leading theory -- which involves the surface area of fish gills -- as to why many fish species ...

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Humans' outer ears may have evolved from the gills of prehistoric fish, a new study finds. Gene-editing experiments indicate ...