From corn mazes to haunted houses, the spooky season is in full swing. Jack-o-lanterns, ghouls and goblins are around every corner, but the scariest creatures of all might be thousands of feet below ...

A team of Chinese researchers has described a new species of cave-dwelling fish in the Jinsha River basin, a remote and ...

The fish’s sagittal otolith, one of the small “stones” found in the ear of the fish, is “triangular shaped” with a “tadpole shaped impression,” according to the study. The gas bladder, or swim bladder ...

Saltwater: As of October 1, rockfish can be caught only if they are seaward of the fifty-fathom (300 feet) line. Targeting ...

A tiny fish fossil found far inland in Canada reveals new insight into the evolution of catfish, carp, and 2/3 of all ...

A 70-million-year-old fossil fish from Alberta, Acronichthys maccognoi, is the oldest North American otophysan. Its discovery ...

Researchers in Alberta uncovered a fossil fish that rewrites the evolutionary history of otophysans, which today dominate ...

A tiny fossil, Acronichthys maccognoi, rewrites fish evolution in North America and reveals how otophysans conquered freshwater habitats.

Hosts of NPR's science podcast discuss new findings about long-distance fly migration, an unexpected impact of emissions in ...

The fossil of a tiny fish found in southwestern Alberta provides new insight into the origin and evolution of otophysans, the ...

Sixty-seven million-year-old fossil fish discovered in Canada have complex middle ear bones — a Weberian apparatus — found in two-thirds of all freshwater fish species today. The structures give these ...