When we think of the fish that inhabit the deep blue sea today, it’s easy to forget that they haven’t always been there. The ...

Learn how the Amazon molly, an all-female fish that reproduces asexually, uses gene conversion to maintain healthy DNA and ...

A study published in the Nature journal alters how the evolution of fish has been historically understood. Fossilized fish and other sea creatures have often been pivotal in new scientific discoveries ...

How did ancient fish perceive their environment in the deep sea? An international team led by scientists from the Natural ...

Why does a Caribbean angelfish sometimes resemble its Indo-Pacific cousin, even though they have never lived in the same ocean? Why do coral reefs harbor such a wide range of stripes, spots and ...

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Antarctic notothenioids represent a remarkable evolutionary radiation of fishes that have flourished in the extreme cold of the Southern Ocean. Their unique adaptations — including specialised ...

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, ...

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While there is a common belief that the evolution of humans can be traced back to fishlike vertebrate ancestors, pinpointing ...

VIENNA, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Industrial-scale fisheries have not only sapped the world's fish stocks but also changed the species' evolutionary course, exacerbating the effect of overfishing by ...