This bottom-dweller spends most of its time hidden in the mud. Even with its massive size, it remains elusive, thus remaining a mysterious giant of the deep. Few freshwater fish can match the size ...

Fossilization is a tricky business; some species preserve only a few bones, while others are discovered with a ...

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

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

With their beautifully colorful shells, diversity of shapes and interesting adornments — including ridges, bumps and spikes — they've earned intriguing common ... fish like darters. Unfortunately, for ...

“Most freshwater fish catches don’t enter the global trade economy, so they draw less interest,” says University of Wisconsin–Madison zoologist Peter McIntyre. Other examples of freshwater ...