Most Sausalito residents know the humming toadfish, whose loud and incessant underwater droning all summer long keeps angry shore dwellers and houseboat residents awake for nights. The sound -- a ...

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 ...

Perhaps understandably, the male toadfish doesn't rely on his looks to attract females. He uses a bellowing, foghorn-like call to lure the ladies instead. But he'd better beware of his ...

The fastest muscles in the world belong not to Usain Bolt or even a cheetah, but to the sluggish toadfish. Natalie Angier describes the toadfish in today’s New York Times, and her story is science ...

How do you know when a male toadfish is looking for love? Easy—just listen for the grunts and boops. Like some birds and frogs, toadfish sing to find a mate. In fact, if you didn’t know what to look ...

The world of marine animal reproduction is as bizarre and varied as the animals themselves. South Carolina’s coast is home to animals that clone themselves, animals that change sex, and animals with ...