An extraordinary fossil bed in the arid grasslands of the Australian continent, called McGraths Flat, really is the ...

In spring 2008, six months after the loach minnow and spikedace were reintroduced into Fossil Creek, the U.S. Forest Service had taken no steps to protect these and other native fish from increasing ...

Our successful campaign to protect and begin to restore Fossil Creek, a tributary of the Gila River, may offer a glimmer of hope for the razorback sucker and other native fish; it led to the ...

A New Jersey state record bowfin was landed last month on the Mantua Creek ... comes to New Jersey to fish the freshwater for bowfin, which is considered a "living fossil," because it belongs ...

“The discovery of the 15 million-year-old freshwater fish fossil offers us an unprecedented opportunity to understand ...

Scientists discovered a 15-million-year-old fish fossil, Ferruaspis brocksi. It has preserved stomach contents and visible ...

Scientists in Australia have made an exciting discovery—a 15-million-year-old fossilized freshwater fish that not only provides clues about ancient life but also has preserved stomach contents and ...

However, our new paper published in the journal National Science Review documents the smallest vertebrate fossil animal described so far from the state. It’s a highly enigmatic tiny “fish ...

From batch sales of unopened rocks on eBay to discreet phone calls to higher-dollar patrons, Illinois’ commercial fossil ...

Illinois’ commercial fossil trade is alive and well thanks to collectors who are motivated by money, science and the hunt — and who test the outer bounds of legality.