How better to end the day than with some ichthyological flatulence? Thanks to an undersea robot, we’ve recorded some fish off the coast of Florida producing some previously unknown sounds. And the ...

Biologists have linked a mysterious, underwater farting sound to bubbles coming out of a herring’s anus. No fish had been known to emit sound from its anus nor to be capable of producing such a ...

No matter what else you see today, this is certain to be the best video about herring farts. Everything you need to know about this NatGeo clip can be gleaned from the YouTube page: Herring have a ...

I get a lot of books in the mail. Other people around here get the latest by Dan Brown or Ted Kennedy’s memoir. I get “Why Fish Fart,” “Alien Hand Syndrome,” “The Gigantic Reader,” “Does Size Matter?” ...

Herring fish have a secret nocturnal habit of squeezing gas bubbles out of their anal pores, producing distinctive noises like someone blowing raspberries, a quirky new study by Canadian and U.K.

Imagine the sound a haddock might make to communicate underwater. If you’re thinking it sounds like a Harley revving up its engine, you’re pretty close. Rodney Rountree, a marine biologist based at ...

Scientists using new ways to eavesdrop on fish have captured a cacophony of thumps, honks, burps and grunts in underwater recordings.