A new fish species has emerged, but it does not hail from the realm of Mordor as its name suggests. The relationship between pacus and piranhas has been closely studied by researchers and while the ...

While conducting a survey in the western Pacific Ocean near Japan and the Philippines, researchers came across several brightly colored fish with unique characteristics — they were a new species.

Our modern teeth evolved from a most unexpected source. A new study, published on May 21 in the journal Nature, has revealed surprising information about the origins of human teeth. Our teeth evolved ...

Researchers on an expedition to the western Pacific Ocean near Japan and the Philippines recently discovered a brightly-colored new species of scorpionfish that has some pretty interesting ...

Can we examine the teeth of living fish and other vertebrates in detail, repeatedly over time, without harming them? Previously, small animals often had to be euthanized to obtain precise information, ...

Off the coast of Kerala, India, a trawling net caught a new species of bottom-dweller. Getty Images/iStock Photo Off the coast of India, a trawling net pulled behind a boat captured a collection of ...

It's not what you do, it's how readily you do it. Rapid evolutionary change might have more to do with how easily a key innovation can be gained or lost rather than with the innovation itself, ...

Scientists found a “shiny,” “silvery” creature with “hooked” teeth in a river of China and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Lei, Gong and Li (2025) In a river of southeastern China, ...