If you show someone a swordfish, it shouldn’t take them much longer than a second or two to identify it. The appearance of the swordfish is one of the most well-known of the sea; it’s mostly because ...

The capillary network in a swordfish's head. (A) MRI scan of head, with the arrow indicating a fragment of the extended network in the skin of the head behind the eye. (B) A reconstruction of the ...

If the ocean were an Olympic pool, swordfish would currently be in danger of disqualification. Researchers, who published their findings in the Journal of Experimental Biolo gy, say a large gland in ...

Swordfish may look like formidable beasts, what with their namesake prong jutting out from their noses. That pointy-looking nose, however, isn't as strong as it may look, thanks to a thin section of ...