In the dark waters off Florida and Tahiti, young fish no bigger than a thumb drift through the open sea holding stinging anemone larvae in their mouths. It’s a striking partnership These encounters, ...

Identifying larval stages of marine fishes in the open ocean is difficult because the young fishes often bear little or no resemblance to the adults they will become. Confronted with a perplexing fish ...

MIAMI —The first global analysis of larval orientation studies found that millimeter-size fish babies consistently use external cues to find their way in the open ocean. There are many external cues ...