Flying fish can be seen jumping out of warm ocean waters worldwide. Their streamlined torpedo shape helps them gather enough underwater speed to break the surface, and their large, wing-like ...

How well do flying ... over the fish, the duo saw jets of air accelerating back along the fish's body. Park explains that the tandem arrangement of the large pectoral fin at the front and smaller ...

A recent study found that flying fish, malolo, can glide over the water’s surface as competently as some seabirds. Well, we knew that. Hawaii’s anglers, sailors and surfers have all watched ...

Included in the many astonishing wonders of the marine world is the flying fish, or Exocoetidae, of the order Atheriniformes. It is exactly what it sounds like—a fish that can fly. Found jumping ...

New specimens found in southern China can help answer that. The flying fish’s wings are actually enlarged front fins, and they help the fish escape predators. Some species even have larger ...

To escape predators beneath the waves, a flying fish can shoot out of the water and glide long distances because its paired pectoral and pelvic fins, longer and more rigid than those of other fish, ...