AN extremely rare fish known for eating sharks has been caught off the UK coast. The prehistoric species usually lives hundreds of metres below the surface and can reach 100 years in age. The ...

A tiny fish fossil found far inland in Canada reveals new insight into the evolution of catfish, carp, and 2/3 of all ...

When saltwater fish long ago evolved to live in fresh water, many of them also evolved a more sophisticated hearing system, ...

A new discovery by our team, published in the Swiss Journal of Palaeontology, shows the start of this process dates back more ...

A new species of a prehistoric fish was discovered in Socorro County.The "demon-toothed" fish was found to be living more than 300 million years ago. It was uncovered by a research associate from the ...

A Cornish angler has landed one of the rarest catches ever recorded in local waters – a wreckfish. Also known by its Latin name, Polyprion americanus, the Atlantic wreckfish is a deep-sea species ...

Ancient armoured fish possessed sophisticated tooth replacement mechanisms more than 380 million years ago, Australian ...

A kayak angler has landed an extraordinarily uncommon Atlantic wreckfish in waters off Cornwall, marking what could be one of ...

The fossil of a tiny fish found in southwestern Alberta provides new insight into the origin and evolution of otophysans, the ...

A new species of prehistoric fish was found in iron-rich stone in southeastern Australia. Screengrab from Australia Museum's video What can fossils tell us about prehistoric life? The length of a ...

A fish previously declared extinct has been released back into the wild in Australia. The olive perchlet, a small oval-shaped fish with large eyes, was considered extinct in Victoria, Australia, in ...