Another rare and prehistoric fish washed ashore on Fripp Island in Beaufort County this week. Here’s what we know.

Paleontologists have long suspected that our teeth evolved from bumpy structures called odontodes on the exoskeletons of prehistoric fish—but they didn’t understand exactly what these bumps were used ...

In October 2024, deep-technical divers off the coast of North Maluku, Indonesia, recorded the first-ever underwater images of a live Sulawesi coelacanth (Latimeria menadoensis). Long considered a ...

A prehistoric visitor, a sturgeon fish, washed ashore on Hilton Head on Nov. 19, baffling beach goers around Islanders Beach Club. Photographed by John Billings, vacationer from Tennessee. Courtesy of ...

Long before whales dominated the oceans, Earth’s seas were home to a fish so massive it continues to challenge our understanding of prehistoric life. Leedsichthys problematicus, an enormous ...

A rare deep-sea fish has appeared off the southwestern coast of England for the first time in two decades, raising questions about shifting marine patterns. The sightings highlight unusual wildlife ...

Experts at the Seaside Aquarium identified the fish as a Longnose Lancetfish. It slightly resembles a Barracuda, and this is one fish you would not expect to stumble upon during your Oregon beach trip ...

One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish While the discovery of Acronichthys introduces a new species to paleontological records, it also provides critical data to trace the origins of otophysans, as ...