For years, the alligator gar was intentionally killed by fishermen who felt they were undesirable. But these days, there is ...

This leisurely rate of change means these prehistoric fish have the slowest rate of molecular evolution among all jawed vertebrates. The gar (family Lepisosteidae) lineage stretches across ...

Researchers have discovered a 380-million-year-old heart preserved inside a fossilised prehistoric fish. They say the specimen captures a key moment in the evolution of the blood-pumping organ ...

Mr Ryan said: "These fossils in the paving slab are the remains of ancient fish dating to around 385 million years ago - around 140 million years before the first dinosaur. “Caithness flagstone ...

The pterosaur had a “very unusual short, but stiff and pointed tail,” researchers said, unique to the species. They named the ...

Professor John Long explains new paper providing insights into the biology of the unique skull and brain of coelacanth. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of ...

Previously only a dinosaur-era fish fossil had been discovered in Hong Kong by scientists. The discovery came after the conservation department in March alerted its Antiquities and Monuments ...