Drum fish are given their unique name not because they have drums in their bodies but because they let out croaker sounds ...

The first known cases of accidental choking have been discovered, dating back 150 million years, when some opportunistic fish ...

A student’s fossil discovery on a UK beach has revealed a new species of prehistoric mammal, reshaping ideas about early ...

The fossil they found belonged to a fish that had died 350 million years ago, its bony husk spanning nearly a metre on the lake bed. The large fish had lived in waters thick with rival fish, including ...

Eotephradactylus mcintireae’ is the oldest-known flying reptile from the continent and roamed the skies 209 million years ago.

Researchers often do not disclose the exact fossil site locations, such as the one in Pahang, due to the rarity and value of ...

The newly-found fossils are 209 million years old and include pterosaurs, primitive frogs and lizard-like reptiles ...

Scans of ancient fish revealed that the sensitive inner layer of teeth may have developed from sensory tissues in the protective armor of these fish, which may explain the high sensitivity of today’s ...

Smithsonian scientists have uncovered North America’s oldest known pterosaur from a 209-million-year-old bonebed in Arizona’s ...

A Smithsonian-led team of researchers have discovered North America's oldest known pterosaur, the winged reptiles that lived ...

The fossil they found belonged to a fish that had died 350 million years ago, its bony husk spanning nearly a metre on the lake bed. The large fish had lived in waters thick with rival fish, including ...

The report contains photos and data about large-mammal fossils, including a tusk fragment from a mammoth, and bones and teeth of ancient bison and sloths. But it’s the fish that really steal the ...