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

Ancient petroglyphs carved into volcanic rock ... panels in the 36,000-acre Volcanic Tablelands in Owens Valley. The carvings depict bighorn sheep, bisected circles and at one site, a miner ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

The efficient architecture of our joints, which allows our skeletons to be flexible and sturdy, originated among our most ancient jawed fish ancestors, according to a study published in the open ...