It is easy to believe that the black seadevil anglerfish, with its gaping maw of razor-like teeth, a bioluminescent rod sticking out of its head and lidless eyes used to scan the deepest, darkest ...

Scientists in Egypt discovered a not-before-known apex predator that lived 30 million years ago, potentially helping to solve an extinction mystery.

Tropical riparian ecosystems—those found along rivers and wetlands—recovered much faster than expected following the ...

"But here is an animal, probably some kind of fish, that 66 million years ago ate sea lilies that lived at the bottom of the Cretaceous sea and regurgitated the skeletal parts." —AFP ...

(Coffing et al., Current Biology, 2025) For comparisons, the oldest accepted vertebrate chromosome is that of a sturgeon fish, which is thought to be about 180 million years old. Sturgeon fish females ...

Researchers believe that around 150 million years ago, in what is now southeastern China ... Researchers dug up the water graves of fish, turtles, and other aquatic fossils alongside the dinosaur ...

The fish was described as “gorgeously colored” with iridescent blues and greens, according to the study. Praveenraj, et al (2025) Zootaxa Thousands of new species are found each year.