Fang blennies, a type of reef-dwelling venomous fish, are just two inches long — but they're not ones to mess with. "The fish injects other fish with opioid peptides that act like heroin or morphine, ...

This is our second guest post from ichthyologist, tech diver and all-round good guy Dr. Luiz Rocha at the California Academy of Sciences. You should follow him on Twitter When you hear “vampires” you ...

Researchers have experimentally shown that some species of reef fish will enact punishment on the parasitic saber-tooth blennies that stealthily attack them from behind and take a bite, even though ...

After a recent flurry of news that fang blennies mix an opioid in their venom, a question lingers: What do they need with fangs anyway? Most eat wimpy stuff that hardly justifies whopper canines. Not ...

Select an option below to continue reading this premium story. Already a Honolulu Star-Advertiser subscriber? Log in now to continue reading. Zebra blennies have been seen jumping as high as 2 feet ...

June 17 (UPI) --Jack of all trades fish are better equipped to make the transition from water to land, but a new survey of blennies, a diverse group of small fish, suggests specialization helps ...

A tidepool on the Orange County coast is a world all its own, and a resident worth looking for is the rockpool blenny. At low tide, these small fish, about five inches long, might be seen hiding among ...

You’ve heard of flying fish, but did you know about the legless leaping fish, which spends its life on land? Scientists studying these strange, rock-dwelling creatures called blennies have found that ...

It was fishing at its most elemental. The fishermen and fisherwoman were in the water, rather than on a boat, and they were pursuing their catch with nothing more than their bare hands. No rod, no ...

A group of Pacific leaping blennies out of the water on the foreshores of the island Guam (Dr Terry Ord) “Like a fish out of water” is an expression that does not apply to the blenny – species of ...