A new study from the University of Chicago has uncovered the surprising origin of the flexible joints that allow us to move ...

Deep-sea fish adapt to some of the most extreme conditions on Earth. New research analyzing their evolution finds the same ...

The researchers also studied fossils of extinct fishes dating back almost 400 million years and saw evidence that some of the oldest jawed fishes had bones with joint cavities for articulated ...

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Scientists have discovered the fossilized remains of a new fish species called Ferruaspis brocksi, which lived 15 million ...

In a nutshell Ferruaspis brocksi was found with its stomach contents, skin pigmentation, and even a parasitic mussel still ...

In an Australian first, researchers have described a new species of 15-million-year-old fossilized freshwater fish, ...

By analyzing genetic data from these deep-sea fish, the researchers reconstructed their evolutionary history, revealing how vertebrates conquered the deep sea through distinct processes and ...

This particular Mixodectes pungens specimen represents a mature adult that weighed about three pounds, lived in trees, feasted on leaves, and may be among our closer evolutionary relatives.

From mosses to ferns to grasses to trees, plants are our food ... algae and plants that span 600 million years of independent evolution and pinpointed a shared stress response network using ...

Researchers have found that reef fish from the Arabian Gulf, the world's hottest sea, exhibit a higher tolerance to temperature fluctuations compared to those from more thermally stable coral reefs.

See the new species The fish has a “golden yellow” body and large eyes, researchers said. Xiao M-Y, Wang J-J, Luo T, Zhou J-J, Xiao N, Zhou J (2025) Zoosystematics and Evolution In the caves ...