An ugly blinking fish could hold the secret to how ancient animals evolved the ability to live on land, a new study has found. Mudskippers, a subfamily of fish that live both on land and in the water, ...

An unusual blinking fish, the mudskipper, spends much of the day out of the water and is providing clues as to how and why blinking might have evolved during the transition to life on land in our own ...

An unusual blinking fish is helping scientists understand more about how human ancestors transitioned to life on land from water millions of years ago. It is thought that life on Earth first began in ...

Fish use flashing to relieve itchiness, a behavior often tied to parasites. Lacking arms or fingernails, they rub against objects in their environment. Fish may dart abruptly to the side or bottom of ...

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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — An unusual blinking fish, the mudskipper, spends much of the day out of the water and is providing clues as to how and why blinking might have evolved during the transition to ...

Two mudskippers (Boleophthalmus caeruleomaculatus) in shallow waters. An unusual blinking fish is helping scientists understand more about how human ancestors transitioned to life on land from water ...