If there is a one in 10 chance you will be eaten before the day is out, you have to live life fast. That could be why a tiny fish found on the Great Barrier Reef has the dubious distinction of being ...

Life on the Great Barrier Reef is fast and furious for the coral reef pygmy goby, the world's shortest-living fish whose entire existence lasts no longer than two months. The pygmy goby's ...

If you think life is short, consider the tiny coral-reef pygmy goby, which scientists have just identified as the world's shortest-lived vertebrate. This reef fish has a maximum life expectancy of 59 ...

Just seven millimeters long, flea toads are among the smallest vertebrates on Earth. Despite their diminutive size, their organs and functions hardly differ from animals a thousand times larger. While ...

A yellow pygmy goby floats inside its human-made home: a discarded bottle lying on the seabed. Wayne set up his camera a few centimetres from the bottle’s narrow opening, and focused on the goby’s ...

The winners of the 2025 Ocean Photographer of the Year competition captured the ocean and its wildlife like you’ve never seen before. Reading time 5 minutes While floating in the crystal-clear waters ...