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

Are the world's oldest 'living fossil' coelacanths still evolving? Groundbreaking fossil research links plate tectonics with ...

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

Ngamugawi wirngarri is a new species of coelacanth, an ancient fish species that has lived on Earth for over 400 million ...

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

In March 1914, Licent arrived in the city of Tianjin, near Beijing, as a French Jesuit. Over the next 25 years, he conducted scientific expeditions covering more than 50,000 kilometers around China, ...

Researchers have discovered a well-preserved Devonian coelacanth fish in Western Australia, shedding light on the connection ...

which commonly are considered to be 'living fossils,' actually are continuing to evolve and might not deserve such an enigmatic title," says Professor Cloutier, a previous honorary visiting ...

Coelacanth fossils like these are useful because two known coelacanth species are still alive today. They are likened to ‘living fossils’ due to their age and supposed similarities to ancient ...

A new Australian coelacanth find has revealed a surprising force behind the slow evolution of these ‘living fossils’.

br><br>3D graphic credit: Katrina Kenny</p> A living fossil is a species that essentially looks like a species known only from fossils that have remained largely unchanged from earlier geologic times.