I first read Lulu Miller’s Why Fish Don’t Exist in 2024. Interspersed with her personal exploration of finding purpose, Miller describes the story of David Starr Jordan, who named and described over 2 ...

Long ago, some saltwater fish adapted to freshwater — and in doing so, developed an extraordinary sense of hearing rivaling our own. By examining a 67-million-year-old fossil, researchers from UC ...

A member of a rare group of 410-million-year-old jawless fishes from Australia meets a mate.along the shoreline (artist’s impression). Credit: Nobumichi Tamura You walk and talk and live on land, but ...

The deep-sea fish ended up with glowing lures not just to snag meals, but also to attract mates, a new study finds. Trilobites The deep-sea fish ended up with glowing lures not just to snag meals, but ...

These days, all fish have teeth. The shapes of their teeth vary according to diet, ranging from the little pegs of goldfish to the formidable, pointed teeth of sharks. But fish evolved from toothless ...