The reason we humans have fingers today may all be thanks to a fish's clacker. New research into the origins of digit formation shows that the DNA switch controlling finger and toe development got its ...

Now, in a new study published in Nature, scientists from the University of Geneva, EPFL, and collaborators in the U.S. have ...

The same regulatory landscape which influences the development of fingers is present in fish, despite their distinct lack of digits. When researchers used CRISPR (a common gene editing tool) to fiddle ...

Researchers from FishEye Collaborative, a conservation-technology nonprofit, Cornell University, and Aalto University have developed a new tool that combines underwater sound recording and 360° video ...

Learn more about the evolution of human fingers and toes, which originate from the genetic programming for a multipurpose ...

Researchers discovered the earliest instance in which fish took advantage of their gill bones to make a new innovation in the ...

The sea lamprey looks like it’s from another planet, but this ancient creature has a surprising amount in common with humans ...

Scientists electrically culled invasive fish in a 20-year battle—but the fish fought back with rapid evolution ...

The cichlid fish of Africa's Great Lakes have formed new species more rapidly than any other group of vertebrates. A new study shows that the ease with which these fish can develop a biological ...

Documenting fish noises isn’t exactly easy. The underwater creatures aren’t as loud as birds or whales; they also make noises ...