When an asteroid struck Earth about 66 million years ago, it ended the age of dinosaurs and transformed life across the ...

Researchers have developed a fish-like robot that shows how some species of modern fish are able to walk on land, and could ...

An unexpected haul of nearly 500 fossilized fish in Egypt provides an unprecedented picture of how sea life rebounded from ...

Fish stranded on shore often look helpless, all flops and wriggles. But that clumsy scramble may follow a surprisingly ...

Learn more about Qreiya 3 Lagerstätte, a fossil-rich site that could help fill key gaps in marine evolution.

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The extinction that ended the Age of Dinosaurs is best known for clearing the way for the Age of Mammals on land. Scientists have long suspected that the same catastrophe also transformed life in the ...

A newly discovered fossil "treasure hoard" dating back some 436 million years to the early Silurian period reveals, for the first time, the complete body shape and form of some of the first jawed ...

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A mass extinction of fish 360 million years ago hit the reset button on Earth’s life, setting the stage for modern vertebrate biodiversity. The mass extinction scrambled the species pool near the time ...

Scientists have unearthed a fossilized fish that was once the biggest vertebrate of its day. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The ...