Fossilized fish ear stones—known as otoliths—can reveal far more than previously thought. In a recent study, a team of ...

The extinct animal's face structure could help explain how vertebrates, including ourselves, evolved our distinctive look.

Researchers in Alberta uncovered a fossil fish that rewrites the evolutionary history of otophysans, which today dominate ...

A Curtin University-led international study has solved the mystery of how the skin of a fossilized fish was able to be ...

Deep under the Jurassic rock beds of New South Wales, scientists discovered fossilized insects that push back the history of ...

Romanian conservationist Alex Găvan has once again reported a major pollution incident at the Brădetu wastewater treatment ...

Scientists discovered true teeth growing on the head of the spotted ratfish, a distant shark relative. The toothed structure, ...

Hidden beneath farmland in the central tablelands of New South Wales lies one of Australia's most extraordinary fossil sites ...

A fish fossil has been found in the UK featuring a 'tongue bite'. This is the first time it has been seen in such an ancient ...

For a long time, researchers believed that a certain group of freshwater fish developed their super-hearing abilities after ...

An artist's reconstruction of the Weberian apparatus in a 67 million-year-old fossil fish. The Weberian structure (gold-colored bones at center) arose from a rib (shown in gray attached to several ...

A new species of ancient "sword dragon" marine reptile has been discovered in fossils found in England, according to ...