A recent study published in the journal Integrative and Comparative Biology, titled “Not So Fast: Swimming Behavior of Sailfish during Predator-Prey Interactions Using High-Speed Video and ...

(To see the full tagging adventure, click through all the photos in the gallery above.) Most people would be surprised to learn how little is known about billfish. For example, how fast can they swim?

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Meet the sailfish—a predator that combines teamwork, ninja-like stealth, record-breaking speed, chameleonic colour changes, and a weapon that looks like a sword, works like a sword, and is mounted on ...

Blink and you’ll miss it. In fact, you’ll miss it even if you don’t blink: the Atlantic sailfish can kill so fast, its hunting strategy is briefly invisible to the naked eye. Only through ...

Out of nowhere, a sailfish detonates on the bait and rockets toward the boat, throwing spray and panic with every jump. The line screams, the fish bolts, and beneath it all shadows move — sharks ...

Many of us are familiar with sailfish — relatives of marlin— only from seeing them on the walls of sport fishermen. But watching them underwater, whether in person or on video, shows how beautiful the ...