Sea robins are weird animals who use leg-like appendages to walk on the seafloor. Now, scientists know why they evolved those ...
Recent studies have illuminated how these legs function as sensory organs. Researchers observed that the northern sea robin ...
In the grand scheme of fish evolution, it makes sense that sea robins would evolve legs that can taste, said Neil Shubin, an ...
Living Local 15 host Jessica Williams visits Back 40 Junction in Decatur and sits down with General Manager Nathan Ferrise, to taste their Snow Crab Legs which are the special on Friday nights.
When the researchers took a closer look, they saw that the legs of these digging fish were covered in sensory bumps called ...
This fish has legs — but they’re not just for walking. Scientists have found that the northern sea robin ( Prionotus carolinus) uses its limbs both to stroll the ocean bottom and to taste the sea ...
Properly cooking crab before consumption can help kill harmful bacteria, but there are a few tricks to making raw crab a safe ...
Some types of “walking” fish called sea robins can use their taste bud-covered legs to detect prey buried beneath the sandy ...
This is a fish that grew legs using the same genes that contribute to the development of our limbs and then repurposed these ...
“The sea robins on display completely spun my head around because they had the body of a fish, the wings of a bird, and multiple legs like a crab,” Kingsley said in an email. “I’d never ...
North Seafood Ltd. held a grand opening of its new crab processing facility at Steveston Harbour on Friday. The facility took ...
Imagine wading in the shallows at the beach and tasting mussels and clams hidden under the sand — with your feet. A new study shows fish species evolved to do just that.