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 ...

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 ...

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

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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Coelacanth Robert talks to Pieter Timm, diver with the Triton Dive Trotters at the Sodwana Bay National Park in South Africa, about his sighting of a coelacanth, a type of fish that has existed ...

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: ...

When the coelacanth was discovered in 1938 in South Africa’s coastal waters, it shocked scientists. This was a creature that ...