Coelacanths are strange fish that are currently only known from two species found along the East African coast and in ...

Researchers hope the "exquisitely preserved" fossil will cast new light on an enduring mystery in paleontology.

In 1939, Smith named the species Latimeria chalumnae, also known as gombessa. Since then, this species, found along the east ...

Million-Year-Old Giant Fish Remains Discovered in Australia, Experts Call It ‘Living Fossil' The coelacanth, often referred ...

No one saw a Mekong giant salmon carp for 15 years, but then the species was spotted in areas of Cambodia that suggest it may ...

For the past 85 years, the coelacanth has been dubbed a “living fossil” because it evokes a bygone era, the age of dinosaurs. These fish belong to the sarcopterygians, a group that also ...

Discover ten incredible living fossils that offer insights into evolutionary history and the importance of conservation.

In the latest Sustainability Landscape report, we highlight a couple of types of sustainable funds that specifically contribute to climate action: fossil-fuel-free and low carbon. Here ...

Nov. 4, 2024 — Extraordinarily well preserved fossils of feathered dinosaurs and other creatures got that way after being frozen in time by by volcanic eruptions, researchers have long suggested.

Help us keep bring these critical stories to light. Your support makes all the difference. A fossil, believed to be one of the oldest ever, could help explain the rise of the dinosaurs.

Previously only a dinosaur-era fish fossil had been discovered in Hong Kong by scientists. The discovery came after the conservation department in March alerted its Antiquities and Monuments ...

Increased land management by Aboriginal people in southeastern Australia around 6,000 years ago cut forest shrub cover in half, according to our new study published in Science of fossil pollen ...