Fish can band together, sometimes in the millions, to form a school or shoal. They will move as one, like a flock of birds, so long as each fish stays in line with the fish that surround it.

As the Australian netball team prepares to face arch rivals New Zealand in this year's Constellation Cup series, the Diamonds reveal how a school of fish helped them beat the Kiwis at the 2014 ...

It’s not clear what overtook this school of fish, but the remnant—an untimely demise etched in a limestone slab for all eternity—is a breathtaking glimpse of ancient fish shoaling. A social ...

A shoal of 259 fish preserved in a slab of limestone, dating back to at least 50 million years ago, from the Green River Formation. Image Credit: Mizumoto et al, Proceedings of the Royal Society B ...

fish shoals Shoals of fish are able to move and turn in seamless formation by following simple rules that are like those used by car drivers, say researchers. The research, which builds on earlier ...

Occurred On May 27, 2025, in Malatu, Indonesia, the video showed the diver gliding slowly through clear blue waters near when thousands of fish suddenly swarmed around him in a dense, shimmering cloud ...

According to a new study published online on Sept. 16 in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, shoals of fish and swarms of krill hang out in groups that take on the same overall shape; it's ...

Reference: Gómez-Nava L, Lange RT, Klamser PP, et al. Fish shoals resemble a stochastic excitable system driven by environmental perturbations. Nat Phys. 2023. doi: 10.1038/s41567-022-01916-1. This ...

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AUSTIN, Texas — People in North Austin noticed something fishy at Shoal Creek this week. They reported several dead fish and a change in the color of the water. Matt Frank told KVUE's Kelsey ...

A striped marlin ("Tetrapturus audax") hunts a shoal of sardines, in Magdalena Bay (Mexico), in November 2019. FRANCO BANFI / BIOSPHOTO. F or sport-fishing enthusiasts, sea marlins are the dream ...