When you think of Atlantic cod, you probably think of a strip of fish, battered and fried. But new research suggests that the fish might be able to use tools, and that might cause us to rethink how we ...

Tool use by a slippery dick fish in South Caicos Island. Credit: Macquarie University "With these newly discovered tool-using species, it becomes clear that many species of wrasses use tools that we ...

In this frame from the video, an orange-dotted tuskfish carries a clam in its mouth. See video below. The first video of tool use by a fish has been published in the journal Coral Reefs by Giacomo ...

MINNEAPOLIS -- Orangutans swim about as well as they fly, but research on three Indonesian islands shows that these long-limbed apes nonetheless catch and eat fish ...

And now, ladies and gentlemen, a fish smashing a clamshell against a rock… After a few thrashes, the fish makes off with the now-unprotected claim meat. This is significant because, according to ...

Definitive proof that fish are adept at using tools to catch food has been revealed for the first time. Video footage shows an orange-dotted turkfish picking up a stubborn clam shell in its mouth and ...

When marine biologist Scott Gardner was swimming back to his boat after a dive on the Great Barrier Reef, he heard a strange cracking sound and grabbed his camera — just in time to snap some photos of ...

A blackspot tuskfish (Choerodon schoenleinii) has been photographed picking up a clam in its mouth, swimming over to a rock, and then using the rock as an anvil by smashing the clam against it until ...

This blackspot tuskfish, found in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, held a clam in its mouth and smashed it against a rock to reach the food inside. This photo is the first incontrovertible proof that ...

Fishy Foragers: All the tool-using New World Halichoeres wrasses. Credit: Brian Gratwicke, Kevin Bryant and João Paulo Krajewski Scientists have debunked the belief that using tools is unique to ...