Ancient fossils from South China reveal the earliest bony fishes and shed new light on how jaws, teeth, and key vertebrate features evolved before the major fish lineages diverged.

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 ...

In the late 19th century, researchers discovered, in separate studies, that horses and humans have a small bone at the tip of their hoof and finger, respectively. Since then, research on the ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. Talk ...

Wilfried Bony will earn a £20,000-a-game bonus on top of his basic £100,000-a-week salary at Manchester City after completing his £25m transfer from Swansea City. The 26-year-old striker secured the ...

A giant, ocean sunfish weighing more than 6,000 pounds was found in Portugal and the fish has posthumously set a world record for being the largest bony fish known to man, according to a recent report ...

“That was a Brazilian club called Porto Alegre,” Wilfried Bony says, placing his mobile back down on the table. “They just made an offer and now my agent is talking to them. “A lot of people are ...

Sharks' non-bony skeletons were thought to be the template before bony internal skeletons evolved, but a new fossil discovery suggests otherwise. Sharks' non-bony skeletons were thought to be the ...

Showboating comes in many guises, from flicks and tricks to ball-juggling and nutmegs, but Wilfried Bony’s personal take involves a demonstration of immense strength. The man who has scored more ...

A bulbous corpse found bobbing off a tiny island in the Azores is the heaviest bony fish ever measured. The record breaker is a bump-head sunfish (Mola alexandrini). Taller than it is long, with a ...