Picture this: you’re gazing into a vibrant aquarium, entranced by the hypnotic dance of fish. But what if I told you that ...

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

Two new studies add to the evidence that human activity, from fishing to urban development, is driving the evolution of wild ...

In most of the South American fish, the pump was just missing from the muscles — the sodium-pump gene was largely inactive because it was missing an essential control element that specifically boosts ...

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

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

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the Canadian evolutionary biologist Dolph Schluter the prestigious Crafoord Prize for his work on the mechanics of evolution, which has ...

Her friends, she says, were considerably less excited about the find. "I'm sure it's shocking to hear, but 60 year old fish sitting in ethanol do have a particular smell about them." ...

The evolution of the shark is not what most people would expect. Instead of sharks evolving from a massive predator, the ...

Gene-editing experiments indicate that cartilage in fish gills migrated into the ear canal millions of years ago during the course of our evolution.Going even further back, our outer ears may have ...

Along the murky bottom of the Amazon River, serpentine fish called electric eels scour the gloom for unwary frogs or other small prey. When one swims by, the fish unleash two 600-volt pulses of ...