This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The morphology of fish gills is closely linked to aerobic capacity and tolerance of environmental stressors such as hypoxia. The importance of ...

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 ...

In trout, researchers have discovered that a particular type of primitive antibody is essential for fighting microbes that cause disease while preserving others that make up a healthy microbiome.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The human outer ear may have arisen from ancient fish gills. | Credit: A. Martin UW ...

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The outer ear is unique to mammals, but its evolutionary origin has remained a mystery. According to a study published in Nature from the USC Stem Cell lab of Gage Crump, this intricate coil of ...

Fishermen over the past several years have noted that fish appear to be shrinking. That observation was validated in 2014 by research that found commercially important fish stocks in the North Sea, ...

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 ...