Near the rocky beaches of inner Nova Scotia, a researcher’s hunch led to the discovery of a new prehistoric species. /iStock ...

UC Davis study of 161 fish species using high-speed video reveals evolutionary trade-off: large teeth prevent mobile jaw development.

In 2015, two members of the Blue Beach Fossil Museum in Nova Scotia found a long, curved fossil jaw, bristling with teeth.

Wednesday is National Catfish Day, and no, we are not talking about online romance scams, but rather the ray-finned fish and ...

The large fish, spanning nearly a metre on the lake bed, lived in waters thick with rival fish, including giants several ...

A trade-off between tooth size and jaw mobility has restricted fish evolution, Nick Peoples at the University of California ...

Researchers have discovered a new species of ancient fish with hooked front fangs that made them a fearsome and effective ...

"I would say it's a fairly fearsome looking fish. If its mouth is open, you would see those fangs in the jaw," he said. But the fossil is also significant for the clues it offers to the evolution of ...

Deep sea fisherman Roman Fedortsov shared a bizarre image of a crab he said looked just like Donald Trump - social media users broke out in hysterics and agreed with this take ...

It categorizes fish into three major groups: cartilaginous fish (like sharks and rays), bony fish (ray-finned and lobe-finned), and primitive fish (like lampreys and hagfish).

Fedortsov identified the blob as a smooth lumpfish, a species of marine ray-finned fish that grows to over a foot long and resides in the depths. This species is found in the northern Pacific Ocean.