Bones found at the site of an ancient fish-processing plant were used to genetically identify the species that went into a ...

In 2015, two members of the Blue Beach Fossil Museum in Nova Scotia found a long, curved fossil jaw, bristling with teeth.

The alligator gar is one of the largest and most ancient freshwater fish in North America, but many people consider them "trash fish" because they are not good for eating. Learn why they are so ...

"Fishes of the Chicago Region," a guide to fishes of the Chicago region by Francis Veraldi, Stephen Pescitelli and Philip Willink (University of Chicago Press), will be formally released on June 3.

The alligator gar (Atractosteus spatula) represents one of the oldest lineages of bone-biting fish, having remained relatively unchanged for over 100 million years. These living fossils can grow to ...

Everything's bigger and better in Texas. Hats, hair, the Texas sky, our longhorn cattle, and even our Texas pride. It takes something very special to impress Texans but even a true Texan might have to ...

This general description isn’t wrong, but it omits the tremendous variation that has made fishes a success for at least 400 million years. For example, fish body shapes include cylindrical, ...

Gar fish are covered by diamond-shaped, ganoid scales and bony skull plates and have long snouts/jaws with many sharp teeth. A primitive extension of the intestine, termed the spiral valve ...

The biologists captured a longnose gar that featured a distinct bend in the middle of its body. ... our team has encountered similar anomalies in other shark and bony fish species. ...

From coexisting with dinosaurs and surviving five mass extinctions, the Cuban manjuarí fish (Atractosteus tristoechus, or Cuban gar) today faces two threats that could finally break its historical ...

The largemouth bass was named Florida’s official state freshwater fish in 1975. Weight: 20.13 Pounds* Catch Location: Big Fish Lake, Pasco County Date: May 19, 1923; Angler: Frederick Friebel ...

A Kentucky fisherman, Art Weston, caught a 283-pound alligator gar fish while fishing in Deep East, Texas, ... Giant Sunfish Discovered Near Portugal Is Heaviest Recorded Bony Fish in the World ...