Flip a damp log in your backyard, and a crowd of tiny gray roly-polies usually rushes for cover. These pill bugs may look like insects, but they are actually crustaceans, distant relatives of crabs ...
When you and I take a deep breath, we pull air into our lungs. That’s because humans are mammals. But fish aren’t mammals. They usually don’t breathe air. They usually don’t have lungs. That’s what I ...
Neuroepithelial cells (NECs) represent a pivotal component of the sensory network in aquatic vertebrates, serving as primary chemoreceptors that monitor environmental and blood oxygen levels, as well ...