A new study involving a 380-million-year-old fossil from Nunavut is sparking new questions amongst researchers as to why ...

Before the evolution of legs from fins, the axial skeleton - including the bones of the head, neck, back and ribs - was already going through changes that would eventually help our ancestors support ...

A model using new fossil evidence and biomechanical studies in a modern fish suggests the earliest land animals may have had ...

A meme has been circulating online during the pandemic featuring Tiktaalik roseae, the iconic, four-legged "fishapod" that first made the transition from water to land 375 million years ago. Most ...

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A 380 million year old fossil from Ellesmere Island known as tiktaalik is a focal point in a new study challenging previously held assumptions as to why tetrapods developed necks. CBC's Liam Baker has ...

A new study describes a fossil species that closely resembles the four-legged fishapod Tiktaalik but has features that made it more suited to life in the water than its adventurous cousin. A meme has ...