Deep-sea fish adapt to some of the most extreme conditions on Earth. New research analyzing their evolution finds the same ...

Have you ever looked into the mirror and wondered just how deeply your roots stretch back in the tree of life? It might ...

Imagine a world where the boundaries between “fish” and “not-fish” blur, where the ancestors of birds and mammals once swam ...

However, this image oversimplifies the process of evolution. We did not evolve ... find the common ancestor of everything we call a “fish,” that you’d end up including tetrapods like cows and humans! ...

Anatomist Neil Shubin uncovers the answers in this new look at human evolution. Using fossils, embryos and genes, he reveals how our bodies are the legacy of ancient fish, reptiles and primates ...