Campen had not been surprised when the water samples they collected from around Albuquerque, where they lived, were full of ...

A community of rare fish enthusiasts collects endangered species of freshwater fish from lakes and springs around the world, ...

After nine months, the strange behavior that claimed the lives of endangered sawfish is back. Here’s what we know about ...

Once dubbed the "world's ugliest animal," the blobfish – scientific name Psychrolutes marcidus – has been named New Zealand's ...

Discovered in Australia, the fossils represent a new species that lived during the Miocene epoch and highlight how iron-rich ...

When fishers on Lake Chilwa cast their nets, they don’t know whether there are fish below, or something else entirely. “We ...

Researchers discovered two new species of snake eels in Vietnam, one with "robust" teeth and one with "sharp" teeth.

While the common ancestor of vertebrates with synovial joints is still a mystery, the oldest specimen with evidence of these ...

Jonathan Armbruster, professor and curator of fishes in Auburn University's College of Sciences and Mathematics (COSAM), has led an effort to give a long-overlooked species its scientific name.