What it eats: A variety of fish and cephalopods, including squid and cuttlefish. Head of a preserved Coelacanth specimen. Why it's awesome: Scientists thought all coelacanths went extinct over 65 ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Primitive fish already may have possessed the genetic wiring needed to grow hands and feet well before the appearance of the first animals with limbs roughly 365 million years ...

A 370-milion-year-old, primitive fish sported a weird pair of fins just below its anus, new research shows. The strange appendages, detailed today (April 9) in the journal Biology Letters, were found ...

People traditionally think that lungs and limbs are key innovations that came with the vertebrate transition from water to land. But in fact, the genetic basis of air-breathing and limb movement was ...

Dive into the world of primitive spearfishing as we explore the art of catching fish using age-old techniques. In this video, you'll witness the skill and patience required for successful spearfishing ...

A lucky angler yanked a 5-foot-long fish out of east Tennessee’s Clinch River, but it’s not the size that drew the attention of the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency. It’s the age. State officials ...

Teeth and hard structures called dermal odontodes are evolutionarily related, arising from the same developmental system, a new study shows. Teeth and hard structures called dermal odontodes are ...

Christopher Begley caught this 30-year-old fish in Tennessee’s Clinch River using “cut suckers” on his line. Wildlife Sgt. Brent Harrison photo A lucky angler yanked a 5-foot-long fish out of east ...

A 370-milion-year-old, primitive fish sported a weird pair of fins just below its anus, new research shows. The strange appendages, detailed Tuesday in the journal Biology Letters, were found on an ...