Berkeley — The newly sequenced genome of a dainty, quill-like sea creature called a lancelet provides the best evidence yet that vertebrates evolved over the past 550 million years through a four-fold ...

A tiny fish offers insight into the human immune system, according to Florida researchers. The finding could lead to improved biodefense and better immune-boosting drugs to fight cancer and other ...

Shine a blue light on a lancelet and it glows green. Why these fish-like invertebrates, also known as “amphioxus,” have this green glowing protein has both intrigued and puzzled scientists for nearly ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Armed at first with nothing more than boots, a screen and a bucket, scientists studying a tiny primitive fish that makes up 70 percent of the biomass in Tampa Bay now say they have ...