ALBUQUERQUE — A new species and genus of a toothy prehistoric fish has been discovered in Socorro County. A paper, published in “Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of ...

“Finding the fossil fish skull in a dry desert made the lost tropical world of the Paleozoic very real to me,” Harris said in the release. The bony, ray-finned fish had “large, well-spaced ...

A “demon-toothed” sea creature with “large, well-spaced fangs” has been identified as a new species after a researcher found a fossilized partial skull in the New Mexico desert, officials said. The ...

All kinds of animals use conspicuous colors, from flashy reds to startling yellows and oranges. It’s a quirk of evolution ...

Scientists describe the fish as a large ray-finned fish about three to four feet long. They also say the fish lived during the Late Pennsylvanian period about 305 million years ago when New Mexico ...

While ray-finned fish average over 200 such genes and mammals about 850, sharks have an average a measly 43. This apparent paradox suggests that the olfactory capabilities of sharks are not merely ...

By contrast, groups such as insects, ray-finned fishes and dicotyledonous plants (one of the two groups of flowering plants) showed no notable average change in genetic diversity. Although the ...

Feb. 6, 2025 — Fish is a high-quality source of protein, containing omega-3 fatty acids and many other beneficial nutrients. However, the accumulation of toxic mercury also makes fish ...