The Indonesian coelacanth, a fish once thought to be extinct for 70 million years, was discovered alive in greater numbers ...

Fossils of Tiktaalik roseae blended fins with hints of limbs and sported a flat head suited for peering above the waterline.

Researchers have unearthed fossils of massive freshwater crayfish that once scuttled through the lakes of southern New ...

Most would count themselves lucky to find a fossil or two of either kind, but this latest remarkable fishy find comes complete with a ... year-old freshwater fish fossil offers us an unprecedented ...

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 ...

The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History says the fossil is unique for how complete it is. Credit: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History photo After the storms from 2024 pummeled the Gaviota ...

Paleontologists discovered fish fossils in New South Wales, Australia, which have been dated back 15 million years ago and still retained their last meal in their stomach, during an excavation in ...

According to museum staff, the fossil is “unusually complete,” as most similar fossils are often found fragmented. While whales from its era (mid-Miocene) are common, for so many bones to be preserved ...

the fossil Driesbach discovered is unique because of how complete it is. The fossil includes the head and a significant portion of the vertebrae and tail. “You find a vertebra here, a chunk of a ...