In this eye-opening talk, fish paleobiologist Lauren Sallan explains how one of Earth’s most devastating mass extinctions ...

The hiccups you’ve been cursing since lunch are older than you could ever possibly imagine — a ghost signal from ancestors ...

A study published in the Nature journal alters how the evolution of fish has been historically understood. Fossilized fish and other sea creatures have often been pivotal in new scientific discoveries ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. In the world’s waters, fish are making a quiet, biological retreat. The once simple ...

According to Hulsey’s research, decisions like that could lead to evolutionary changes within decades for native species. The long-term ramifications of those changes, beyond disrupting a species’ way ...

Why are there so many species of coral reef fish? According to a new study, it’s because about 50 million years ago, some ...