At the bottom of a canal in Central Asia, a blotchy creature with “thick” lips swam through the muddy water. Something about it caught the attention of visiting scientists — and for good reason. It ...

monteiri) was named after ichthyologist Johann Marcusen who published extensively on elephantnoses. Its species have a short and blunt snout, their mouth is terminal and a fleshy prominence extends ...

Taxonomic shake up in the armoured catfish world means that you’ll have to learn a lot of new (ex) Corydoras names. A long-awaited revision of the Corydoradinae subfamily has resulted in the ...

In a rice field of central China, some “large”-eyed creatures gathered for mating season. Something about the “crocodile”-like animals caught the attention of nearby scientists — and for good reason.

A team of scientists has found that the prehistoric ancestors of crocodiles were prevented from ... the expansive snout sinus systems of metriorhynchids precluded it from diving deeply.

Gaowangjie crocodile newts are considered “medium-sized,” reaching over 5 inches in length, the study said. They have “rough”-textured skin, “blunt” snouts and “large” eyes.