Paleontologists recently discovered a new extinct coelacanth species that highlights the role that Earth’s plate tectonics plays in evolution. Also called Latimeria, coelacanths are a deep-sea fish ...

In October 2024, divers with the UNSEEN Expedition photographed a rare Indonesian coelacanth, Latimeria menadoensis, alive at ...

Paleontologists in Brazil have identified a 275-million-year-old species, Tanyka amnicola, with a corkscrewed jaw and ...

An ancient species has had experts scratching their heads about its unusual jaw shape. The salamander-like creature had a highly unusual way of chewing its food. But this discovery was significant in ...

Some animals have been around since the time of the dinosaurs—and they’re still thriving today! Known as “living fossils,” these creatures have barely changed over millions of years and continue to ...

The most famous living fossil lis a fish called the coelacanth. It was once thought to be extinct. However, the fish hasn't changed in over 400 million years. Charles Darwin coined the term "living ...

An ancient coelacanth—the type of fish deemed a ‘living fossil’ when it was discovered in 1938—may have evolved in concert with tectonic activity, according to a new paper. In the work—published today ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A bizarre and ugly fish that has been around for hundreds of millions ...

This aerial view shows a riverside community of the Amazon rainforest by the Tocantins River in Cameta, Para state, Brazil on November 12, 2025, during the COP30 UN Climate Change Conference. MAURO ...

A rodent found in Laos has been determined to belong to a group thought to have gone extinct in the fossil records about 11 million years ago. This rodent is called the Laotian rock rat. The discovery ...

Dating back approximately 200 million years, triops cancriformis is considered a living fossil whose detection is of significant ecological and scientific importance, particularly for biodiversity ...