The study was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) by palaeontologists at the University ...

Over 300 million years ago, a minnow-sized fish died and fell to the bottom of a prehistoric swamp near the village of ...

If you're reading this sentence, you might have a fish to thank. Fish were the first animals to evolve jaws. They use their jaws primarily to eat, but also for defense, as tools—such as to burrow or ...

Fish species living in the deep sea feature a surprisingly large range of body shapes that evolved in different ways and at different rates depending on where the fishes live in the ocean, new ...

pt. 1. Reproductive biology and life history. Gonads, genitals, and reproductive biology / Hartmut Greven ; Matrotrophy / Edie Marsh-Matthews ; Variation and evolution of reproductive strategies / ...

Why are there so many of species of coral reef fish? According to a new study, it’s because about 50 million years ago, some fish figured out how to bite food from hard surfaces. Evolution doesn’t ...

Earth, rocks, evolution, and fish : background information to understanding fish evolution -- Glorified swimming worms : the first fishes : origins of chordates and the first vertebrates -- Jawless ...

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 ...

Whole skeleton of Dipterus, an extinct lungfish from the middle Devonian period. Specimen (UMMP 16140) from the University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology. ANN ARBOR—If you're reading this sentence ...