In an exciting first, an Australian team of scientists identified a new species of freshwater fish that swam in nearby waters over 15 million years ago, offering fresh insights into Australia’s ...

Tiny structures and soft tissue features are so well preserved in the fossil, scientists could see what colour the fish was when it was alive. The discovery provides evolutionary clues for the ...

The fossil of the ancient fish, named Ferruaspis brocksi, was found at McGraths Flat, a fossil site near Gulgong, New South Wales. The name derives from "ferru" (Latin for iron) due to its ...

Dr. McCurry, the lead author of the paper, said that before this fossil discovery scientists lacked concrete evidence to pinpoint when this group of fish arrived in Australia and how they evolved ...

Scientists in Australia have found 15-million-year-old fossil fish so well preserved that the researchers were able to tell what the animals ate before dying. As reported by the Australian ...