The petroglyphs can be found on volcanic tuff formations formed over 760,000 years ago when a large eruption released hot ash ...

It’s hard to mistake this ancient fish for anything else. Cross a catfish, a shark, a stegosaurus, and a pruning saw, and you’re not far from imagining a sturgeon. For 162 million years ...

Among living fossil fish, the coelacanth is the most famous, but there are many others. Perhaps even more than other kinds of living fossils, these ancient fish, whose kind have swum the seas for ...

Fish are doubtlessly feeling about now whatever fish feel when the urge to spawn kicks in. In but a little while – if not today or yesterday – female and male will be heeding an ancient ...

Described online in the journal Nature, the fossil fish, Janusiscus schultzei, could help researchers flesh out portions of the ancient fish family tree.

Over in Scientific Reports, a team led by You’an Zhu of the Chinese Academy of Sciences this week (June 12) reported on a fossil of an early jawed fish that’s approximately 423 million years old. The ...

Using fossils, embryos and genes, he reveals how our bodies are the legacy of ancient fish, reptiles and primates — the ancestors you never knew were in your family tree.

Authorities are seeking the public’s help in finding individuals who desecrated ancient, protected tribal rock carvings near Bishop, California. The petroglyphs at Volcanic Tableland were ...