Natural History Wanderings

The first species to have sex was a fish about 385 million years ago.  BBC Science and Environment reported

An international team of researchers says a fish called Microbrachius dicki is the first-known animal to stop reproducing by spawning and instead mate by having sex.

The primitive bony fish, which was about 8cm long, lived in ancient lakes about 385 million years ago in what is now Scotland.

Read story at BBC News – Ancient Scottish fish first to have sex.