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

The two fossil specimens, representing a single coelacanth, were collected during a 2008 expedition to what was once an ...

Climate change and asteroids are linked with animal origin and extinction – and plate tectonics also seems to play a key ...

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.

The Japanese giant salamander has been around for over 200 million years. Its impressive size and nocturnal habits highlight its prehistoric heritage. Once thought extinct, the coelacanth was ...

Flinders University vertebrate palaeontologist Dr Alice Clement looking at a model of a modern-day coelacanth and a 3D printed skull of the Ngamugawi wirngarri coelacanth. Disclaimer: AAAS and ...

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 ...

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Coelacanths are deep-sea fish that live off the coasts of southern Africa and Indonesia and can reach up to two metres in ...

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 ...