In Cuba, scientists are urgently working to save the manjuari, a “living fossil” fish as ancient as the dinosaurs, but now at risk of disappearing due to pollution and climate change. This unique fish ...

Scientists and students embarking on a census of Georgia lake sturgeon have found three females with mature eggs — an indication the armored “living fossils” may be reproducing in that state for the ...

The modern coelacanth is a famous "living fossil," long thought to have died out, but first fished out of deep waters in the Indian Ocean in 1938. Since then, dozens of examples have been found, but ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In October 2024, divers with the UNSEEN Expedition photographed a rare Indonesian coelacanth, Latimeria menadoensis, alive at ...

The sturgeon is an ancient and iconic species of fish. Long and bony, with a body covered in armored plates known as scutes, the sturgeon has been called a “living fossil” with evolutionary roots ...

A New Jersey state record bowfin was landed last month on the Mantua Creek, a tributary of the Delaware River. The fisherman was Frank Hubert Jr, who resides in Wilmington, Delaware. Hubert told the ...

The coelacanth is known as a “living fossil” because its anatomy has changed little in the last 65 million years. Despite being one of the most studied fish in history, it continues to reveal new ...