When fish school up, everything happens fast—feeds ignite, bait moves, and gamefish slide in and out of range before you know it. That kind of energy gets anglers excited, and excitement often leads ...

Like Olympic cyclists, fish expend less effort when swimming in tight groups than when alone. The finding could explain why some species evolved to move in schools. By Katrina Miller You’ll catch it ...

Groups of fish give a schooling to solitary travelers--they expend 79 percent less energy. By Laura Baisas Published Jun 6, 2024 2:00 PM EDT Deposit Photos Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 ...

A new study of giant danios (not pictured) suggests schools of fish save 79 percent more energy in turbulent conditions than fish swimming individually. Gordon Firestein via Wikimedia Commons under CC ...

Each fish is modeled by a plate with an eye, moving on a plane. The signals from other fish are synthesized and guide the motion of visual attention. Vortex, straight, random, and turning patterns of ...

Swimming through turbulent water is easier for schooling fish compared to solitary swimmers, according to a study published June 6 th in the open-access journal PLOS Biology by Yangfan Zhang of ...

Sometimes less is more. Researchers accurately modeled dynamic fish schooling by incorporating the tendency of fish to focus on a single visual target instead of the whole school, as well as other ...