The biodiversity of Tamil Nadu is not fully documented despite notable efforts. The state supports at least 1,000 species of vertebrates, excluding marine fish. COIMBATORE: The Tamil Nadu Forest ...

The sea lamprey looks like it’s from another planet, but this ancient creature has a surprising amount in common with humans ...

The composition of fish populations in streams and rivers across the U.S. have been severely altered as a result of changing water temperatures and introductions of fish.

Ancient armoured fish possessed sophisticated tooth replacement mechanisms more than 380 million years ago, Australian researchers have discovered using advanced imaging technology. The breakthrough ...

A new discovery by our team, published in the Swiss Journal of Palaeontology, shows the start of this process dates back more than 380 million years. The first evidence of teeth in any vertebrate ...

A new study of ancient, extinct fish known as placoderms provides another piece of the evolutionary puzzle about our deep time, aquatic ancestors.

It's a regrettable reality that there is never enough time to cover all the interesting scientific stories we come across each month. In the past, we've featured year-end roundups of cool science ...

Piranhas, notorious for sharp teeth and powerful bites, are specialized freshwater predators. Their anatomy and feeding behavior have evolved, making ...

The same regulatory landscape which influences the development of fingers is present in fish, despite their distinct lack of digits. When researchers used CRISPR (a common gene editing tool) to fiddle ...

So far, scientists have captured a cacophony of thumps, honks, burps and grunts. And they hope that deciphering these sounds will improve our understanding of aquatic creatures ...

Pterosaurs and Archaeopteryx took to the skies, but there was trouble in this Jurassic paradise: Tropical storms would turn it into a pterosaur graveyard. What paleontologist Rab Smyth found in this ...