A research team led by Profs. Zhu Min, Lu Jing, and Zhu You'an from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and ...

Courtesy of Zhu Youan. Chinese scientists have discovered fossils of bony fish dating back about 436 million years, providing key evidence that hel ...

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 ...

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A search for a fish lost to extinction led to a brand-new species hiding in a South African river.

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A research team traveled to South Africa’s Umzimkhulu River in 2017 with a specific mission: find surviving pockets of the Maluti redfin minnow, a species declared extinct after introduced trout ...

VIENNA, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Industrial-scale fisheries have not only sapped the world's fish stocks but also changed the species' evolutionary course, exacerbating the effect of overfishing by ...

Chinese paleontologists have discovered the world's oldest complete bony fish fossils, dating back 436 million years ...

A newly discovered golden cave fish in southwestern China is giving scientists an unprecedented look at evolution in action.