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

While it's very true that, as the great Ian Malcolm once said, "life finds a way," that way can sometimes veer quite far off ...

Sentient Science tells us that, “The number of fish that die annually from human activities surpasses that of any other vertebrates, and yet many people believe that it’s more ethically permissible to ...

New research led by scientists at the American Museum of Natural History sheds light on the ancient origins of ...

New fossil research shows that teeth originally evolved as sensory tissue embedded in the armored exoskeletons of ancient ...

A new study has revealed that teeth, as we know them today, didn’t evolve for chewing or biting, but for sensing the ...

Rainbow trout, among the most farmed fish on Earth, are a good example. According to a new study in Scientific Reports, when ...

The development of odontodes in fish, which are vertebrates, and sensilla in arthropods, which are invertebrates, is a prime example of evolutionary convergence — when similar features evolve ...

True teeth are only found in backboned vertebrates, like fish and mammals. Some invertebrates have tooth-like structures, but the underlying tissues are completely different. This means teeth ...

A collaborative research team from China and Australia has uncovered crucial evidence that places the enigmatic prehistoric fish Palaeospondylus among jawed vertebrates, following the ...

He studies how humans evolved. He told me that fish and humans are distant relatives. All vertebrates – animals with backbones – are related. “Humans and fish aren’t close evolutionary ...

a key innovation for conquering terrestrial environments Vertebrates (animals with vertebrae) constitute a large group of animals including fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. A remarkable ...