A team of paleontologists led by National Geographic Explorer Paul Sereno uncovered a trove of dinosaur fossils in the Sahara ...

The extinct flightless pigeon has captured imaginations for over 400 years. Experts and artists are now revealing how much we ...

An ichthyosaur preserved beneath a Chilean glacier is helping scientists understand the extinct animals and the world around ...

Now, thanks to ancient DNA and a sculptor’s art, we can meet her again.

An exhibition at the National Gallery of Art explores the work of 16th- and 17th-century artists who captured nature’s ...

In the iron-rich rocks of McGraths Flat, New South Wales, researchers have uncovered a 15-million-year-old freshwater fish fossil. Named , this specimen belongs to a group of fish still found in ...

Researchers have described how fish larvae rely on species-specific combinations of vision and movement to detect and capture ...

Hovering fish aren’t loafing—they burn twice resting energy to make micro-fin tweaks that counteract a natural tendency to ...

Fish make hanging motionless in the water column look effortless, and scientists had long assumed that this meant that it was ...

Its skeleton has just gone on permanent display in the Natural History Museum's Earth Hall, joining Sophie the Stegosaurus, also excavated in the Morrison Formation. The dinosaur is an entirely ...

Science News: A recent study reveals that fish, including rainbow trout, experience intense pain for several minutes when killed using common methods like air asphy ...

Scientists have long assumed that fish save energy by swimming in neat diamond formations, but a new study using advanced 3D ...