The humble fish, or ichthys (ἰχθύς) in Greek, was a symbol that played a crucial role in the early years of Christian history. But why?

Deep in the vast rivers and flooded forests of the Amazon Basin, there lives a fish that appears to be prehistoric in both ...

Scientists discovered some of the oldest bony fish fossils in China. The fossils explain the early history of animals with backbones.

Millennia-old pottery remains from across Europe reveal that ancient communities in the region made elaborate meals using a ...

Mushrooms have been used by ancient humans for millennia, but archaeologists have only just uncovered their pivotal role in ...

Nearly 2 million people in the United States go ice fishing every winter. For most, it’s a chance to get outside and enjoy ...

A new study of ancient pottery adds to evidence that hunter-gatherers in Europe ate more than meat and developed early ...

6,000-year-old pottery reveals prehistoric humans cooked gourmet food with plants and fish, offering new insight into ancient ...

Courtesy of Zhu Youan. Chinese scientists have discovered fossils of bony fish dating back about 436 million years, providing key evidence that hel ...

More than a thousand years after a ship vanished off the coast of modern-day Croatia, archaeologists have uncovered a wreck that might reshape our ideas of the medieval world.

Scientists have discovered Spinosaurus mirabilis, a massive "hell heron" dinosaur that rivaled T. rex and hunted fish in ...