The coelacanth is an oddly-named lobe-fish that was thought to be extinct for more than 60 million years until it was ...

The ancient coelacanth, which has existed for some 419 million years, never stopped evolving despite its reputation as a ...

Interestingly, a second specimen wasn’t discovered for another 15 years. The second coelacanth was found in 1952 by two fishermen of the Comoro Islands–a small island chain nestled in between ...

Coelacanth fossils like these are useful because two known coelacanth species are still alive today. They are likened to ...

Researchers compare new coelacanth fossils to ones that came before and after and link evolutionary changes to tectonic ...

“Our analyses found that tectonic plate activity ... Coelacanth fossils like these are useful because two known coelacanth species are still alive today. They are likened to ‘living fossils ...

The two coelacanth species alive today, Latimeria chalumnae and Latimeria ... The newly identified species of coelacanth, Ngamugawi wirngarri, was found in the Kimberley region of northwestern ...

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 fossil fills important gaps between their earliest known forms and more advanced descendants in the history of coelacanths. She further says, “Our analyses found that tectonic plate activity ...

In new research published in Nature Communications, we reveal the best-preserved coelacanth fossil ever found from the ancient period hundreds of millions of years ago when these ancient sea ...