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 ...

A bluespotted mudskipper, right, jumps on a mudflat in Ogi, Saga Prefecture, on May 21, 2022. On the tidal flats of the Ariake Sea, the fish are entering their courtship season, and males can be seen ...

A tree-climbing species of fish has been filmed hopping along the water and jumping onto land in a way that has never before been seen. The unusual method of moving across water was seen in a species ...

Mudskippers are unique fish. They live both in water and on land. They walk with strong fins. They breathe through skin and mouth. Their eyes are on top of their heads. Mudskippers eat insects and ...

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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 ...