New fossil evidence from China suggests that some of our vertebrate ancestors had four eyes. The study, published in Nature, ...

When we say that someone is a “fish out of water,” we sometimes mean to suggest that they are uncomfortable or out of their ...

Crucian carp possess a remarkable ability to survive for months in oxygen-free, frozen northern lakes. These fish convert ...

Ancient fossils reveal the oldest known vertebrates had four eyes. Remarkably preserved fossil specimens show they could see ...

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife estimates 14.5 million wild vertebrate animals are killed on Oregon’s roadways ...

Despite lacking a hippocampus entirely—and having diverged from the mammalian lineage roughly 400 million years ago—larval ...

“It looks like the fish has a large chunk of its skull missing—as though somebody took a little ice cream scoop and took a ...

One of Earth’s earliest mass extinctions wiped out most ocean life during a sudden global ice age. From the ruins, jawed vertebrates survived, diversified, and transformed the course of evolution.

Described by one researcher as looking ‘already dead’, the enigmatic creatures are one of the least understood species on the planet ...

The unexpected observation of a cow using a broom to scratch herself isn't necessarily surprising, but it expands our ...

While the average person may believe we’re losing species faster than we can discover new ones, that may not be the case. A ...