Apr 2, 2013 by Natali Anderson

An international team of ichthyologists has described a remarkable new genus and species of miniature fish from the Rio Negro, one of the best explored...

Mar 12, 2013 by Enrico de Lazaro

Paleontologists from the Australian National University have described a new species of ancient fish, after unearthing the largest fossilized lobe-finned...

Mar 11, 2013 by Natali Anderson

Biologists have found a new species of carp in the waters of Lake Manyas in Anatolia, Turkey. The newly discovered carp species Alburnoides manyasensis...

Mar 1, 2013 by Natali Anderson

Shark biologists have announced the discovery of two sharks never seen before in Australian waters. Mandarin dogfish, Cirrhigaleus barbifer (OpenCage.info...

Feb 28, 2013 by Enrico de Lazaro

An international team of paleontologists has solved some of the mysteries surrounding large spiral fossils of an ancient fish called Helicoprion. Outdated...

Feb 18, 2013 by Natali Anderson

A crew of marine biologists from Scotland and New Zealand, who just returned from a deep-ocean expedition to one of the deepest places on Earth –...

Jan 31, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

According to a new study conducted by ichthyologists Dr Ralf Britz of the Natural History Museum and Dr David Johnson of the Smithsonian National Museum...

Nov 19, 2012 by Natali Anderson

Biologists have discovered five new species of darters in freshwater river systems in the eastern United States and named them after four U.S. presidents...

Nov 14, 2012 by Natali Anderson

A team of U.S. and French biologists has discovered a gorgeous new species of fish during a recent expedition to the Gambier Archipelago, French Polynesia. This...

Oct 24, 2012 by Enrico de Lazaro

A professional paleontologist has identified a new species of coelacanth from 100 million-year-old fossil remains found in the fossil-rich Duck Creek Formation,...

Aug 27, 2012 by Natali Anderson

An international team of researchers, led by Brazilian biologist Dr Angela Sanseverino, has presented a study that shows methane from lakebeds to be present...

Jun 29, 2012 by News Staff

A new fish fossil from the lower Eocene found by Oxford University researcher Dr Matt Friedman has revealed why flatfishes have one of the most unusual...

Jun 25, 2012 by Natali Anderson

Researchers at the Konrad Lorenz Institute of Ethology of the University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, have discovered that zebrafish use social learning...

Jun 7, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

Fishery biologists led by Dr Roldan Muñoz of NOAA’s Beaufort Laboratory have for the first time observed headbutting contests between males of the world’s...

Jun 1, 2012 by Natali Anderson

Scientists at Monash University in Australia have found how the zebrafish heals its spinal cord after injury. A zebrafish, Danio rerio, in an aquarium...

May 4, 2012 by News Staff

Canadian fossil collectors from the Peace Region Paleontology Research Center in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, have discovered fossils of a stunning...

Apr 30, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

Dr. Jay Stauffer from the Penn State University and Adrianus Konings from Cichlid Press have announced the discovery of a new haplochromine cichlid fish...

Apr 16, 2012 by News Staff

An international team of researchers has discovered the fossilized skull of a new species of coelacanth, which is more than 400 million years old, about...

Apr 6, 2012 by Natali Anderson

A new species of velvetfish in the genus Pseudopataecus has been discovered in coastal waters of Western Australia. The Bearded Velvetfish, Pseudopataecus...

Mar 31, 2012 by Natali Anderson

Researchers from Auburn University have discovered a new remarkable species of suckermouth armoured catfish in southern Ecuador. Dorsal view of Cordylancistrus...