Modern coelacanths, and most fossilized species, are slow moving, "lay-in-wait" type of predators, according to study researcher Mark Wilson, a paleontologist at the University of Alberta in Canada.

By sheltering in these cool, dark zones, the coelacanth avoids many of the predators and pressures that other species face. Not A Relic, But A Survivor. Some call the coelacanth a relic from a ...

Many of these predators likely relied on the numerous fish that filled the waters of this river system. "This place was filled with absolutely enormous fish, including giant coelacanths and lungfish.

Coelacanths are an ancient species of fish that swam alongside the dinosaurs, and for a long time were thought to have gone extinct with them 65 million years ago. ... These unusual fish are nocturnal ...

The capture of the first living Coelacanth, a mighty ocean predator, off the coast of South Africa caused quite a stir in 1938, 65 million years after its supposed extinction.

A 66 million-year-old fossilized lung belonging to a previously unknown giant coelacanth fish was recently discovered in Morocco.

The Indonesian coelacanth, a fish once thought to be extinct for 70 million years, was discovered alive in greater numbers than anticipated. Divers recently found and photographed a living ...

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 ...

Coelacanths rapidly evolved as the Earth shook about 400 million years ago. Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Search for: ...

Researchers found the coelacanth, known by some as the "dinosaur fish," in October 2024 off the Maluku Islands in eastern Indonesia, where they captured the first images of an adult coelacanth in ...

Scuba divers surveying deep-sea habitats in North Maluku found a coelacanth, an elusive deep-sea species, in a first-of-its-kind sighting. Photo from Blancpain Ocean Commitment Plunging into the ...