A living fossil fish just proved we've misunderstood a major chapter in the story of evolution. For decades, the coelacanth — an ancient fish species that first appeared 400 million years ago — was ...

In this eye-opening talk, fish paleobiologist Lauren Sallan explains how one of Earth’s most devastating mass extinctions reshaped life on the planet. Around 359 million years ago, nearly 96% of fish ...

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Hundreds of millions of years ago, prehistoric seas and rivers were full of strange fish with armor, fins, lungs, slime, and ...