Fisheries-Induced Evolution (FIE) refers to the evolutionary pressure on marine populations resulting from excessively high ...

Blind Mexican cavefish became active in light while surface fish reacted to darkness, revealing how evolution rewired brains.

The study was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) by palaeontologists at the University ...

Within every muscle of every living species with a backbone, a protein called myosin tugs on a partner protein to generate a ...

Movement defines life across the animal kingdom. From a fish cutting through water to a bird taking flight, muscles power ...

The fossil record has historically included few fish for about 10 million years after the mass extinction event 65 million ...

Scientists have uncovered the secret of the Amazon molly, an all-female fish species that has survived for 100,000 years through cloning, defying long-held evolutionary theories.

Over 300 million years ago, a minnow-sized fish died and fell to the bottom of a prehistoric swamp near the village of ...

The story of Earth's first animals may need rewriting after ancient fossils revealed an earlier start to complex life.

New research is redefining the morphological and functional existence of anatomical "neck" regions to better include ...

Two new studies examining gray wolves in California paint a complex picture of life on California’s ranching landscapes: ...

Previous fossils show fish brains rattling around inside much bigger skulls, but the brain of Trawdenia planti fits snugly ...