Evidence for this function first came from studies of the organ's anatomy and its nerves as ... conducted from a submersible confirmed that coelacanths can detect and respond to electrical fields ...

Coelacanths are difficult to classify. They have many characteristics in common with sharks, and yet in certain characteristics they more closely resemble other types of fish. In this activity ...

Researchers Unearth 420-Million-Year-Old ‘Living Fossil’ Fish Species, Helped Them to Connect Human Evolution Analysis of 420-million-year-old Coelacanths fossils in Western Australia has provided ...

Coelacanths are large fish that evolved 410 ... The modern species, by contrast, are about 6.5 feet (2 m) long. The anatomy of the fish fell between the earliest "primitive" species, which date ...