Hallucigenia belongs to a group of worm-like marine creatures called lobopodians that lived during the Cambrian Period, ...

"She had been in the lab and recognized how to identify fishes, and said that's something valuable that we have to preserve.” ...

After revisiting items from a Brazilian museum, researchers think humans may have been hunting whales 5,000 years ago, a ...

Most fishing trips end with common catches—but not this one. Hooking into a dragon fish brought an encounter with a species ...

A rapid climate collapse during the Late Ordovician Mass Extinction devastated ocean life and reshuffled Earth’s ecosystems.

These "total monsters of fishes" are extinct today, though new clues about their lives come from CT scans and their closest ...

Lake sturgeon can grow up to 7 feet long and weigh 200-300 pounds – roughly the size of a female ostrich. Some have lived up to 150 years, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says. “Lake sturgeon is ...

Crappie new year! Looking for a fun, unique way to ring in 2026? One Mississippi town drops a 7-foot metal fish. Across the U.S., communities ring in the new year with parties featuring music and ...

Meet the sturgeon, a prehistoric fish so unique it seems impossible. Its strange features and feeding style will blow your mind. List of cities cancelling New Year's Eve celebrations Ashlee Buzzard ...

Wally the Wollemi pine, among one of Earth's rarest plants at one time thought extinct, has a new home at the University of Colorado Boulder's greenhouse on 30th Street. Photo by Rachel Sauer Back in ...