A multidisciplinary team of researchers, including archaeologists, have analyzed the DNA of fish remains from Roman fish ...

A study of 7000-year-old exposed coral reef fossils reveals how human fishing has transformed Caribbean reef food webs: as ...

A groundbreaking study of 7,000-year-old exposed coral reef fossils reveals how human fishing has transformed Caribbean reef ...

The species was named Sphyragnathus tyche, combining Greek words “sphyra,” meaning hammer and “gnathus,” meaning jaw for the ...

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

Fossilised whale along with other marine invertebrate fossils. Credit: Shiladri S. Das Scientists have discovered fossilised vertebrae and ribs of a whale on the bank of a dried, seasonal river in ...

A groundbreaking study published in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology has revealed a remarkable discovery in New South Wales, Australia: a 15-million-year-old fish fossil, Ferruaspis brocksi, ...

Marine fishes exhibit exceptional variation in biofluorescent emission spectra. PLOS One, 2025; 20 (6): e0316789 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0316789 ...

But hard evidence remained elusive. Until now, the oldest known lepidopteran fossils dated back only to 201 million years ago, leaving a frustrating 40-million-year gap in the record.

A giant, strong-jawed salamander once tunneled through ancient Tennessee soil. And thanks to a fossil unearthed near East Tennessee State University, scientists now better understand how it helped ...

Sea-level rise isn’t always slow and steady. Fossil corals from the Seychelles show that it has surged in quick bursts in the past – rising much faster than most people would expect. The fossilized ...

In this video, we explore the recent discovery of Homo erectus fossils from dredging operations in the Madura Strait, Indonesia, which was once part of the ancient landmass of Sundaland. The ...