Sensory features on the armored exoskeletons of ancient fish may be the reason why humans have teeth that are sensitive to cold and other extremes.

Ancient fish-trapping network supported the rise of Maya civilization The Maya were landscape engineers on a grand scale, even when it came to fishing. Kiona N. Smith – Nov 22, 2024 1:40 pm | 51 ...

During a diving expedition in the Nile River, archaeologists in Egypt discovered rock carvings featuring depictions of several ancient Egyptian pharaohs, along with hieroglyphic inscriptions. A ...

In a move reflective of a viral meme, a new study shows that an ancient fish really did evolve to walk out of the water, only to then go back to the sea.

A newfound fossil of a jawless fish is the oldest known vertebrate cranium preserved in 3D. The 455 million-year-old find could illuminate how vertebrate heads evolved.

The Spanish National Research Council recently announced the discovery of a written alphabet that may be 2,600 years old. It dates back to Tartessos, an ancient civilization.

Fossils hint that bats’ wings sometimes lodged in fish’s throats, leading the bat-eater to die of hunger. Skip to main content. ... Ancient fish dined on bats — or died trying.

How ancient fish colonized the deep sea. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2022 / 10 / 221031144935.htm. University of Washington.

The carvings recently deciphered at the Göbekli Tepe archaeological site in Turkey suggest the monument could also represent the world's oldest solar calendar, according to new research.

Imagine a world where the boundaries between “fish” and “not-fish” blur, where the ancestors of birds and mammals once swam in ancient oceans, and where the line between what we call a ...

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 ...