Like a waterborne William Tell, this archer fish proves a crack shot when it comes to lunch. Using specially adapted tongues, they can fire a powerful arrow of water up to 12ft to knock bugs off ...

Have you ever seen an elephant painting? Elephants, pigs, dolphins, and all manner of primates have been trained to paint in zoos, shows, and other preserves, and there are many debates about whether ...

Archer fish knock their insect prey out of overhanging vegetation with a jet of water several times more powerful than the fish's muscles. New research now shows that the fish generate this power ...

Archer fish are the sharpshooters of the animal world, capable of hitting prey from metres away with pinpoint accuracy. The fish, Toxotes jaculatrix, which live in mangroves in southern and southeast ...

Lurking quietly in the rivers and seas around south-east Asia and northern Australia are some incredible fish. They target unsuspecting prey moving around above the surface, knocking them down with a ...

His aim could make even Robin Hood look ridiculous. Submerged, this fish can spit out a thin stream of water to knock down its food, even when insects are in mid-flight. These are the archer fish, ...

Archer fish "tune" the jets of water they use to shoot down prey, according to researchers in Germany. In a new study that used high-speed cameras to view the fishes' spitting performance up close, ...

Archer fish at an aquarium have been showing off their Olympic credentials by shooting bullseyes on a target. The fish shoot prey out of the sky by firing a jet of water out of their mouths and, ...

Archer fish knock their insect prey out of overhanging vegetation with a jet of water several times more powerful than the fish's muscles. New research now shows that the fish generate this power ...