A widely debated topic in biology and fisheries sciences is the role of oxygen in the growth of fish and other ...

The middle ear of humans evolved from fish gills, according to a study of a 438 million-year-old fossil fish brain. Scientists discovered the fossil of the braincase of a Shuyu fish. Despite its ...

Humans' outer ears may have evolved from the gills of prehistoric fish, a new study finds. Gene-editing experiments indicate ...

The outer ears that sit on the sides of your head share an unexpected genetic heritage with the gills of fish. According to research published in the journal Nature by scientists from the ...

It turns out that the flexible cartilage of fish gills bears a close correspondence to the cartilage in the mammalian outer ear, the visible part of the ear. To be sure, flexible cartilage ...

Researchers have discovered that suspended sediment damages fish gills and can increase the rate of disease in fish. Researchers from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at James ...

“Witnessing the eels’ desperate escape from the predator’s stomach to the gills was truly astonishing for us.” In general, it’s unclear what happens when a fish is swallowed whole by ...

Anguilla japonica eels can escape a predator’s stomach through the fish’s gills. Now, scientists are using X-ray videography to watch just how eels accomplish this. The findings are detailed ...

Scientists have traced the evolutionary origin of humans' outer ears to the gills of ancient fish through a series of gene-editing experiments. When you purchase through links on our site ...