A new study provides details of the structure and tissue properties of the unique adhesion system used by remora fish to attach themselves to sharks and other marine animals. The information could ...

When a shark is spotted in the ocean, humans and marine animals alike usually flee. But not the remora – this fish will instead swim right up to a shark and attach itself to the predator using a ...

Remora fish, with a sucking disc on their heads, have been the stuff of legend. They often attach themselves to boat hulls and were once thought to purposely slow the boat down. While that is a ...

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Remora fishes are famed hitchhikers of the marine world, possessing high-powered suction disks on the back of their head for attaching themselves in torpedo-like fashion to larger hosts that can ...

Scuba diving is the perfect way to witness the underwater world up close. But one diver got more than he bargained for when an eager remora fish - also know as a suckerfish - attached itself to his ...

It takes the form of a small waterproof quadcopter, on top of which is a 3D-printed silicone disc inspired by a similar appendage on the flattened head of the remora fish. The remora uses that disc to ...

The Remora is one of the most unusual fish in Hawaiian waters and they are a pest to many of the larger sea creatures. These fish can grow to be over two feet long and they have a modified dorsal fin ...

Engineering student Alejandro Plasencia has created biodegradable fishing nets and tracking tags for fishermen to help stop aquatic mammals getting trapped in lost trawling equipment (+ movie).

Sharks and remora fish share a symbiotic relationship: their intimate coexistence aids one another’s survival. In business, a similar relationship exists between digital marketplace platforms and 3rd ...