In an Australian first, researchers have described a new species of 15-million-year-old fossilized freshwater fish, ...

Scientists in Australia have made an exciting discovery—a 15-million-year-old fossilized freshwater fish that not only provides clues about ancient life but also has preserved stomach contents and ...

For 162 million years, sturgeons have fended off everything they’ve faced. Now scientists are racing to save these living ...

Sturgeon are among the oldest fish on Earth, yet many present-day sturgeon species are at threat of extinction, with 17 of 27 species listed as “critically endangered.” Sporting an armor of five rows ...

A team of scientists led by Australian Museum and UNSW Sydney palaeontologist, Dr Matthew McCurry, have described a new ...

Federal regulators issued guidance last month suggesting that four lower Kennebec River dams can continue operating if their ...

An extinct fish has been reintroduced to waterways in northern Victoria. The olive perchlet is a five to six centimetre fish and plays a key role in the ecosystem by eating tiny water insects ...

A critically endangered new species of killifish sampled from an ancient forest in Kenya in 2017 and 2018 has now been described. Nothobranchius sylvaticus, from the Latin meaning 'pertaining to the ...

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to assess what steps are needed to reduce widespread harms some of the ...

The pieces was declared extinct in Victoria in 1988. One single fish was spotted in 2022 near Mildura. Genetically distinct varieties of the olive perchlet live in eastern NSW and in the western ...