A type of African electrical fish sends short electrical bursts into the water — and scientists were able to distinguish the difference between the male and female waveforms as duets were conducted.

Fish communicate through a form of talking, according to research conducted by University of Massachusetts fish biologists, who found that sounds like grunting, drumming and duck-like calls are all ...

When listening to a well-practiced speaker, like during a lecture, a political event or during a favorite public radio show, you may notice they use pauses for dramatic effect. This type of nuance in ...

From mysterious clicking noises in a fish tank in a lab, to humming haddocks and singing toadfish, scientists are discovering the wonder of underwater communication. When you think about how fish ...

The Ambon damsel (Pomacentrus amboinensis) have been found to need exposure to the natural environment to develop the ultraviolet (UV) facial markings reef fish use as a covert communication system to ...

New study finds that fish have been talking to each other for more than 150 million years. Science long has known some fish occasionally make sounds, but until recently the behavior was thought to be ...

Measuring differences in posing behaviours could help farmers choose the best cleaners to use for sea-lice control Biologists study the social behaviour of fish through their communication, which ...

Hard to hear Like a constant, maddening ringing in the ears, human-generated persistent sounds may stress and harm fish, according to a presentation scheduled for later this month at the annual ...

In The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams introduces us to the Babel fish. His narrator describes it as "probably the oddest thing in the universe." When you stick one in your ear, you ...

University of Guelph provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation CA. University of Guelph provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. Biologists study the social behaviour ...