Human embryos briefly exhibit traits like tails and gill-like structures, revealing our evolutionary history and deep ...

The discovery of a golden scaleless fish in China is helping scientists understand how animals evolved to live in caves.

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“This is the most comprehensive scientific publication on the distribution of fish bioluminescence ever written, and the authors show that bioluminescence evolved way more times independently than ...

The previously unknown Xingren golden-line fish appears to be still evolving for cave life. (Image credit: Xiao M-Y, Wang J-J, Luo T, Zhou J-J, Xiao N, Zhou J (2025), Zoosystematics and Evolution ...

A new study shows that the ease with which these fish can develop a biological innovation (complex teeth), not just the innovation itself, enables this rapid evolution. (Credit: Nick Peoples, UC Davis ...

“This further suggests that most cave fishes may not have lived in cave ecosystems for more than a few million years,” write ...

Scientists have discovered a 15 million-year-old freshwater fish fossil, which showed what was in its stomach.

A new study shows that the ease with which these fish can develop a biological innovation (complex teeth), not just the innovation itself, enables this rapid evolution. (Photo of Nimbochromis ...

Wainwright's lab studies the evolution and diversity of fish. The cichlid fishes of Africa's great lakes are a particularly large and diverse group, adapted to a wide variety of habitats and food ...