Explore the fascinating discovery of the fish fossil Ferruaspis brocksi, revealing its diet and unique features from 15 ...

Primeval fish that were thought to be "living fossils ... Biologists dubbed the modern coelacanth a "living fossil" and believed it had not evolved much over millions of years.

A unique feature of the fossil crelacanths is the ossified air ... to learn whether this character was observed in the living fish. The photograph of the South African fish seems to show paired ...

Among living fossil fish, the coelacanth is the most famous, but there are many others. Perhaps even more than other kinds of living fossils, these ancient fish, whose kind have swum the seas for ...

This fish was taken by trawl-net at a depth of about 40 fathoms some miles west of East London on December 22, 1938. It was alive when caught, and shortly after it died it was handed over to Miss ...

An unusually well-preserved Australian fossil reveals details about the diet, behavior, and appearance of a ...

The serendipitous discovery of an exquisitely preserved fossil near Gulgong in NSW provides a glimpse into the evolution of ...

Scientists have discovered the fossilized remains of a new fish species called Ferruaspis brocksi, which lived 15 million ...

The unexpected capture of a living coelacanth in the 1930s was 'the most sensational natural history discovery' of the century. In April 1939, New Zealand's Auckland Star proclaimed that the Loch Ness ...

Rare evidence about cyclidan crustaceans has been uncovered in the USA, revealing more about how they behaved.

Some lobefins are still around today, such as the famous "living fossil" fish, the coelacanth. A fossil creature from the Devonian discovered more recently has been hailed as a vital link between ...