The fossil record shows that cartilaginous fish evolved at least 420 million years ago, and rapidly diversified to become one of the most species-rich groups of predators on Earth. While they have ...

Sharks were thought to have evolved with a cartilage-based skeleton before other types of fish formed a boney structure, but a new discovery turns that on its head. An ancient 'armoured fish' skull ...

What do we have in common with fish, besides being vertebrates? The types of joints we (and most vertebrates) share most likely originated from the same common ancestor. But it’s not a feature that we ...

Our understanding of shark evolution may need to be rethought following the discovery of a 410-million-year-old ancestor of this group of fish. Sharks are cartilaginous fish, meaning their skeletons ...

Today, ray-finned fish, which belong to the bony fish, are by far the most biodiverse fish group in both salt- and freshwater. Their spectacular variety of forms ranges from eels, tuna, flounders and ...

We have established a cartilaginous fish cell line [Squalus acanthias embryo cell line (SAE)], a mesenchymal stem cell line derived from the embryo of an elasmobranch, the spiny dogfish shark S.

A newly discovered fish fossil is the earliest known creature with what might be recognized as a face. Entelognathus primordialis was an ancient fish that lived about 419 million years ago in the Late ...

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