Ancient fish ear stones reveal how Arctic cod survived extreme ice age conditions and what their history means for a warming ...

The ancient oceans were full of predators, but survival was never guaranteed. A fascinating fossil discovery now reveals how a simple mistake led to the sudden death of a Jurassic fish, capturing a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Long before whales dominated the oceans, Earth's seas were home to a fish so massive it continues to challenge our understanding ...

The glacial Arctic Ocean was not a barren ice desert but a breeding ground for the evolution of cold adaptation in marine fish. This is the main conclusion of a new scientific publication from ...

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A 50-million-year-old slab preserves hundreds of freshwater herring—and a window into an ancient landscape unrecognizable ...

Long before dinosaurs appeared on Earth, fierce predatory fish developed crushing jaws and sharp teeth to survive and diversify in ancient oceans. Flinders University researchers have used a new ...

Long before modern salmon ran Alaska’s rivers, their ancient relatives thrived alongside dinosaurs in the Cretaceous Arctic. Scientists have identified three new species from 73 million years ago, ...

It wasn’t an ancient boomerang. It was, in fact, a fish — albeit unlike any known today. Beyond that, nobody’s quite sure what to make of Pegasus volans. The fish’s ribbonlike body, known from two ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. This article is more than 2 years old. ‘Lungfish’ would ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Humans' outer ears may have evolved from the gills of prehistoric fish, a new study finds. Gene-editing experiments indicate that ...