There are only two species of coelacanth that we know of, and there are barely any of them left. So few, in fact, that they were thought to be extinct until one was pulled up by a fishing trawler in ...

An underwater species that was once believed to have gone extinct some 70 million years ago was recently spotted in what became a rare photoshoot for the fish. Researchers found the coelacanth, known ...

Coelacanths are deep-sea fish that live off the coasts of southern Africa and Indonesia and can reach up to two meters in length. For a long time, scientists believed they were extinct. In new ...

The ancient coelacanth, a lobe-finned fish, is a “living fossil” in every sense of the term. Biologists believe this supreme survivor has undergone little change in 400 million years. Here’s its story ...

Paleontologists recently discovered a new extinct coelacanth species that highlights the role that Earth’s plate tectonics plays in evolution. Also called Latimeria, coelacanths are a deep-sea fish ...

The ancient coelacanth, which has existed for some 419 million years, never stopped evolving despite its reputation as a "living fossil." A new discovery reveals that it evolved faster when plate ...

Alexis Chappuis and UNSEEN Expeditions took the images of a rare living coelacanth in Indonesia Madison E. Goldberg received her B.S. in Journalism and double minors in publishing and photography from ...

A fish thought to be evolution’s time capsule just surprised scientists. A detailed dissection of the coelacanth — a 400-million-year-old species often called a “living fossil” — revealed that key ...

Richard Cloutier is also a Research Associate at the Centre of Excellence in Basin Studies and Applied Palaeontology, Mahasarakham University (Thailand). He has received funding from the Natural ...

A species of coelacanth, a fish that dates back to before the dinosaurs, has been photographed in Indonesia for the first time. Chappuis overcame the challenge of deep mixed-gas diving, which has led ...

Alice Clement receives funding from the Australian Research Council and is employed by Flinders University. John Long receives funding from The Australian Research Council and is employed by Flinders ...