The endangered desert pupfish will be released into Lake Ayer on Wednesday by Arizona Game and Fish. The species has spent ...

Once dubbed the "world's ugliest animal," the blobfish – scientific name Psychrolutes marcidus – has been named New Zealand's ...

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Australian scientists have discovered an ancient freshwater fish fossil with its stomach contents remarkably preserved. In a ...

Scientists discovered a 15-million-year-old fish fossil, Ferruaspis brocksi. It has preserved stomach contents and visible ...

Scientists have discovered the fossilized remains of a new fish species called Ferruaspis brocksi, which lived 15 million ...

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For decades, the coelacanthexisted only in fossil records—until one turned up in a South African fishing net. It was 1938 ...

Mar. 18, 2025 — Although fungi of the genus Piloderma are common, scientists have now discovered five previously unknown species. One of these is one of the most widely distributed species in ...

For decades, scientists were baffled by why thorny skates in the North Atlantic came in two distinct sizes. Despite extensive ...