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 ...

There is a particular category of scientific discovery that requires no advanced equipment, no ...

Why it's awesome: Scientists thought all coelacanths went extinct over 65 million years ago — until the West Indian Ocean coelacanth was found by chance living off the coast of South Africa in 1938 .

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. Here’s its story ...

Coelacanths are humungous, ancient fish that were first discovered in 1938. But they are rare and at one point they were thought to be extinct. Now researchers have found that these massive fish may ...

Researchers discovered the fossilized lung of a massive coelacanth The fossil was discovered while identifying a possible part of a pterodactyl skull The discovery points to the last record of the ...

Rare footage of the Indonesian coelacanth off the island of North Maluku at its preferred ocean depth may help scientists better understand this ancient fish and the urgent need to protect it. A diver ...