A team of researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have zeroed in on an amphibious fish species to better understand the evolutionary pressures that molded blinking in land-dwelling ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The unusual looking mudskipper has a startling face, and a ...

The barred mudskipper, scientifically called Periophthalmus argentilineatus, has more than just one oddity. Their eyes sit more on top than on the side of their heads, and despite having no lungs, ...

To approach a question 400 million years in the making, researchers turned to mudskippers, blinking fish that live partially out of water. A magnified view of the human eye shows the pupil, the ...

Blinking is crucial for the eye. It's how animals clean their eyes, protect them, and even communicate. But how and why did blinking originate? Researchers have studied the mudskipper, an amphibious ...

The bulbous-eyed mudskipper could offer key clues about how our fishy ancestors first made the leap to land. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

The courtship rituals of blue-spotted mudskippers are as bizarre as their looks. To impress a female, the males partake in a jumping competition. - [Narrator] She's on the lookout for an eligible ...

It walks, it climbs, and now it lives in my home aquarium. After a long wait, I finally got a mudskipper—and its new setup is something wild. Car sitting at park held toddler and an adult who was ...