Ancient armored fish fossils from Australia present some of the first definite fossil evidence of a forerunner to the human eye. Researchers analyzed the fossilized remains of 400-million-year-old ...

(Reuters) - Scientists in Australia have unearthed beautifully preserved fossilized hearts and other internal organs of ancient armored fish in a discovery that provides insight into the evolution of ...

Kate Trinajstic receives funding from ARC Discovery Project I am a research associate at the WA Museum John Long receives funding from the Australian Research Council In the limestone ranges of ...

Exceptionally well preserved fossilized soft-tissue organs from Devonian-age placoderms reveal new insights into the early evolution of jawed vertebrates, according to a new study. The origin and ...

On the sidewalks of Inverness, remnants of ancient fish from the Devonian period have been spotted by a keen eye. Their discovery casts new light on the geological history of this Scottish region.

In the limestone ranges of Western Australia’s Kimberley region, near the town of Fitzroy Crossing, you’ll find one of the world’s best-preserved ancient reef complexes. Here lie the remnants of ...

A mass extinction of fish 360 million years ago hit the reset button on Earth's life, setting the stage for modern vertebrate biodiversity, a new study reports. The mass extinction scrambled the ...

Discovery of an unusually intact and ancient fossil fish provides further evidence that the search for modern vertebrate origins requires breaking out of the Devonian and into the preceding period. So ...

An international team of scientists has described a rare fossil site that is believed to be among the earliest evidence of different fish species using a common nursery — much like ones utilized by ...

A mass extinction of fish 360 million years ago hit the reset button on Earth’s life, setting the stage for modern vertebrate biodiversity. The mass extinction scrambled the species pool near the time ...