Each spring, male plainfin midshipman fish (Porichthys notatus) — a kind of toadfish — emerge from the depths of the Pacific Ocean to breed on the beach. They overwhelm the beach at low tide, wedge ...

For talkative midshipman fish -- sometimes called the 'California singing fish' -- the midbrain plays a robust role in initiating and patterning of sounds used in vocal communication. For talkative ...

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have discovered how the Pacific midshipman fish can hum continuously for up to an hour in order to attract potential mates. The study, which is featured ...

What did one California singing fish say to the other? We’re not entirely sure either, but if anyone might be able to translate, it would be the researchers at Cornell University. In a new study of ...

Male plainfin midshipman toadfish produce an antibacterial fluid that keeps the eggs in their care healthy. Plainfin midshipman (Porichthys notatus) live in the deep sea of the eastern Pacific and ...

In 1986, neuroscientist Andrew Bass had just landed a job as an assistant professor at Cornell University when he decided to pay a visit to the Steinhart Aquarium in San Francisco to see the ...

Could the Midshipman fish be the source of West Seattle’s mystery hum? (AP image) The mysterious humming sound keeping some West Seattle residents awake could be coming from a fish, according to some ...

A recent study has found that much of the fish sold as red snapper in the United States may actually be something else. NPR's Joe Palca talks with an author of the study. Then, it's on to the unusual ...

The paper K.N. Rohmann et al., “Plasticity in ion channel expression underlies variation in hearing during reproductive cycles,” Curr Biol, 23:678-83, 2013. The finding Female midshipman fish ...

ITHACA, N.Y. – For talkative midshipman fish – sometimes called the “California singing fish” – the midbrain plays a robust role in initiating and patterning of sounds used in vocal communication. The ...