An exciting discovery in Germany is offering us a unique and fresh view of how early humans may have fished. Archaeologists have discovered 15,800-year-old carvings on small stone patches that show ...

When saltwater fish long ago evolved to live in fresh water, many of them also evolved a more sophisticated hearing system, including middle ear bones similar to those in humans. Two-thirds of all ...

The Vermilion Historical Society in partnership with the Vermilion History Museum and the Ritter Public Library will host a program featuring the history of fishing from the techniques used by the ...

Evolving roughly 27 different times in the long history of fish, bioluminescence -- the biological production of light -- is one of the flashier survival tools used for luring prey, communication, and ...

All vertebrates have the same basic body plan: Head, spine, four appendages. Those appendages vary greatly in size, shape, and function, of course—from fins to wings, arms, and legs—but a new genetic ...

Fishing by net and by line is woven into Sarasota’s cultural fabric and history. The first Floridians embraced the fishing life for thousands of years, and in colonial times traders from Cuba ...

Scientists use CRISPR to show how genes that control growth at the end of fish fins play the same role in fingers and toes. All vertebrates have the same basic body plan: head, spine, four appendages.