But it’s not clear what baseline population level people should strive toward restoring. How do today’s sturgeon populations compare with those of the past? Residents in the building can extend their ...

Jay Damm hunting fossils at Mazonia State Fish and Wildlife Area leads the note package around Chicago outdoors and beyond.

Illinois’ commercial fossil trade is alive and well thanks to collectors who are motivated by money, science and the hunt — and who test the outer bounds of legality.

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

Paleobiologist Dr. Kenshu Shimada has been fascinated by fossil sharks, including the giant Otodus megalodon, since childhood — he found his first megalodon tooth at 13 years old.

The giant extinct shark species known as the megalodon has captured the interest of scientists and the general public alike, ...

such as the Great White. The fish’s name translates as “sword-ray” in Latin. High among the largest fish to have lived in the Cretaceous, it had a ferocious appetite. Several fossils of this fish have ...

It’s a new species A Leptobrachella albomarginata, or white-lined leaf litter toad ... See the new species The fish has a “golden yellow” body and large eyes, researchers said.

Across the street from the Dinosaur Discovery Site museum, the dig crew has already begun to open a new fossil quarry. So far, they have discovered a fish fossil and several fossil tracks ...

Known as “living fossils,” these creatures have barely changed over millions of years and continue to prove just how tough they are. Their ability to survive and adapt is nothing short of amazing.

Piharau are ancient fish, they’ve existed for more than 360 million years so I think we can call them a living fossil ... fish with distinct green and white colours and yellow tails.