"Finally!" Officials issue sweeping ban of common fishing practice over its dangerous impacts: 'They've ravaged the sea' first appeared on The Cool Down.

Archaeologists working on the shores of Ohrid Lake in Albania are convinced they have uncovered the oldest human settlement built on a European lake, finding evidence of an organised hunting and ...

We took to the water with nets in search of ancient, armor-plated fish that look like they swam straight out of the past.

02 July 2025 Ancient DNA helps trace stinky Roman fish sauce to its source Mangled bones found at a one-time manufacturing facility pinpoint species used to make a quintessential condiment.

A study of 7,000-year-old exposed coral reef fossils reveals how human fishing has transformed Caribbean reef food webs. Click to read more.

They target holes and resting spots where the chinook pause while advancing upriver, and sweep the nets through it, feeling for fish. Fletcher Penney wades into the rushing water and steadies himself.

They target holes and resting spots where the chinook pause while advancing upriver, and sweep the nets through it, feeling for fish. Fletcher Penney wades into the rushing water and steadies himself.

Researchers have discovered a new species of ancient fish with hooked front fangs that made them a fearsome and effective predator.

She said the similarities were striking between teeth, the ancient odontodes of armored fish and the sensilla of arthropods. “We think that the earliest vertebrates, these big, armored fish, had very ...

Our sensitive teeth originally evolved from the "body armor" of extinct fish that lived 465 million years ago, scientists say. In a new study, the researchers showed how sensory tissue discovered ...

Sensory features on the armored exoskeletons of ancient fish may be the reason why humans have teeth that are sensitive to cold and other extremes.

Fossil footprints in Australia push back reptile origins by 40 million years, suggesting tetrapods evolved earlier and in Gondwana, not just Euramerica.