Around 400 million years ago, during a geological era often celebrated by paleontologists as the "Age of Fishes," the global ...

A new study by Case Western Reserve University Ph.D. student Russell Engelman published in PeerJ attempts to address a persistent problem in paleontology—what were the size of Dunkleosteus and other ...

Ancient armored fish fossils from Australia present some of the first definite fossil evidence of a forerunner to the human eye. Researchers analyzed the fossilized remains of 400-million-year-old ...

Most fish on Earth today are ray-finned fishes: minnows, anchovies, catfish, bluefish, groupers, flatfish, bonitos, you name ...

In the limestone ranges of Western Australia's Kimberley region, near the town of Fitzroy Crossing, you'll find one of the world's best-preserved ancient reef complexes. Here lie the remnants of ...

Exceptionally well preserved fossilized soft-tissue organs from Devonian-age placoderms reveal new insights into the early evolution of jawed vertebrates, according to a new study. The origin and ...

A pregnant fossil fish at the Natural History Museum in London has shed light on the possible origin of sex, according to a new study. Dating from the Upper Devonian period 365 million years ago, the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dunkleosteus ruled a restless Devonian ocean, where armor met innovation. Here’s how modern science is rewriting the story of this ...

A new study by Case Western Reserve University PhD student Russell Engelman published in PeerJ Life & Environment attempts to address a persistent problem in paleontology – what were the size of ...

In the limestone ranges of Western Australia’s Kimberley region, near the town of Fitzroy Crossing, you’ll find one of the world’s best-preserved ancient reef complexes. Here lie the remnants of ...