New research is redefining the morphological and functional existence of anatomical "neck" regions to better include ...

Learn how fish and amphibians have regions of vertebrae that may act like necks, challenging an common anatomical assumption.

For generations, biology textbooks have drawn a clean line, only four limbed animals like mammals, birds and reptiles have a ...

A study published in the Nature journal alters how the evolution of fish has been historically understood. Fossilized fish and other sea creatures have often been pivotal in new scientific discoveries ...

A fish thought to be evolution’s time capsule just surprised scientists. A detailed dissection of the coelacanth — a 400-million-year-old species often called a “living fossil” — revealed that key ...