Scientists discovered some of the oldest bony fish fossils in China. The fossils explain the early history of animals with backbones.

Evolution is perhaps the most extraordinary story ever told—a tale spanning billions of years that connects every living thing on Earth through an intricate ...

This is an extract from Our Human Story, our newsletter about the revolution in archaeology. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every month. If I tried to recap all the new fossils, new methods and ...

In this eye-opening talk, fish paleobiologist Lauren Sallan explains how one of Earth’s most devastating mass extinctions reshaped life on the planet. Around 359 million years ago, nearly 96% of fish ...