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 coelacanth ...

Now, nearly a century later, scientists have captured a rare look at the Indonesian coelacanth, one of the two species of the so-called “living fossils” that inhabit the ocean’s twilight zone.

More than 50 species of fish were citizens of these ancient waters! But this discovery tells us about how coelacanths in particular adapted to different environments in this ecosystem over ...

An underwater species that was once believed to have gone extinct some 70 million years ago was recently spotted in what became a rare photoshoot for the fish. Researchers found the coelacanth ...