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 ...

Still elusive but not extinct yet! It isn’t a record of animals believed extinct but found alive without the infamous ...

But this one was alive. An unusual fish On 22 December 1938 ... He named the genus Coelacanthus. Many more fossil coelacanths have been found since, ranging in age from 409-66 million years old. The ...

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

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 ...

The coelacanth is ovoviviparous, meaning that eggs are fertilized internally and are retained in the mother's oviduct so that the young are born alive. Pups—26 were found in one mother—develop ...

The article delved into ancient species like Dendrogramma, Coelacanth, and Emperor Scorpion, which have survived for hundreds of millions of years. These animals offer insights into life's history ...

Australian lungfish are known to be ultra-survivors, but this lungfish is pushing the boundaries even for its own kind. At ...

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