A coelacanth, known by some as the "dinosaur fish," was spotted in eastern Indonesia in a rare sighting of a species once ...

This ancient lake hasn't had any water in it for at least a few millennia, but it's still full of incredible aquatic life ...

Imagine standing on a windswept English beach, the salty air stinging your face, while jagged cliffs loom overhead. Suddenly, ...

Scientists have unearthed a 240-million-year-old fossil of a Dinocephalosaurus, a long-necked marine reptile that closely ...

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“So far, we’ve seen one sighting,” said Sheehan. Experts say the prehistoric fish typically start to spawn when the water temperature is around 53 degrees. Sheehan says DNR crews use the privacy of ...

MADISON — The water conditions are right, the sturgeon have run up the river and love is in the bubbles for these prehistoric fish. According to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources ...

Researchers believe this latest specimen belongs to one of the most complete skeletons of its kind from the region, which was originally collected and described by researchers from the University ...

"So far, we've seen one sighting," said Sheehan. Share your photos and videos of sturgeon spawning here: Experts say the prehistoric fish typically start to spawn when the water temperature is ...

These anatomical features paint a picture of a slow-moving but enormously powerful herbivore that was well-adapted to extracting nutrients from Florida’s prehistoric flora. The exceptional ...

An ant preserved in 16 million-year-old amber mastered the art of camouflage. A rare 16 million-year-old ant preserved in amber is helping scientists uncover new secrets about one of nature's most ...

During the past half-century, in particular, paleontologists have realized that dinosaurs and other prehistoric reptiles ... found in the fossils of extinct fish, generally regarded as having ...