Early jawless fish were likely to have used bony projections surrounding their mouths to modify their mouth shape while they collected food. Experts led by the University of Birmingham have used ...

A new film spotlights the sea lamprey, also known as "Dracula of the Lakes," a species which pushed Great Lakes fisheries to ...

Jawed vertebrates use V(D)J recombination of immunoglobulin and T cell receptors, whereas jawless vertebrates rearrange variable lymphocyte receptors encoding leucine-rich repeats to form an ...

Ichthyology is the branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish, including: bony fish, Osteichthyes; cartilaginous fish, Chondrichthyes; and jawless fish, Agnatha. The discipline can include the ...

There's nothing like a terrifying alien to make a game exciting, and these horrific space monsters have become icons in the ...

Sometimes referred to as a "vampire fish" or a "prehistoric vampire of the sea," this parasitic, jawless fish kills its prey by sucking out its body fluids. Research shows that they've stayed ...

Now at my very feet lay the link to the fossil Agnatha, the earliest (jawless and cartilaginous ) fishes of our oceans...Almost 50 years have elapsed since my boyhood sightings of lampreys in the ...

Stary Dom Zdrojowy in Wysowa Zdrój in the Lower Beskids is the best place to find out. Lampreys are parasitic jawless vertebrates, similar to leeches. Today no one remembers that they were considered ...