A species of coelacanth, a fish that dates back to before the dinosaurs, has been photographed in Indonesia for the first time. Chappuis overcame the challenge of deep mixed-gas diving, which has led ...

In an exciting first, an Australian team of scientists identified a new species of freshwater fish that swam in nearby waters over 15 million years ago, offering fresh insights into Australia’s ...

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In a study by Dr. Martin Ebert and Dr. Steve Etches published in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, the osteology and systematic position of a new species of fossil fish, Brachyichthys ...

An analysis of marine fossils from the Upper Miocene Chagres Formation in Panama, most belonging to the Myctophidae family, discovered four new species, one of which has been named in honor of Brigida ...

A 400-million-year-old jawed fish fossil found in the Arctic, Romundina gagnieri, could be a key link in the evolution of vertebrate teeth.

The first known cases of accidental choking have been discovered, dating back 150 million years, when some opportunistic fish got more than they bargained for picking off algae and slime from dead ...