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 ...

The term “living fossil” might sound contradictory, yet it’s a phrase that perfectly captures the strange reality of certain ...

At a certain point in Earth’s distant past, the planet’s assortment of organic molecules and compounds aligned to create the ...

The first-ever encounter with a live Sulawesi coelacanth has just been reported by divers off the coast of Indonesia. However, to protect this incredibly rare species from tourists who may want to ...

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 Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Stewart Edie, Smithsonian Institution (THE CONVERSATION) About 66 million years ago – ...

Scientists found a 430-million-year-old leech fossil, Macromyzon siluricus. It shows leeches first lived in oceans and did ...

Bountiful remains of foraminifera reveal how organisms responded to climate disturbances of the past Tim Vernimmen, Knowable Magazine Studying foraminiferan fossils can help us understand how the ...

In the cinema version of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Lost World, a remote wilderness is peopled with fantastic dinosaurs, purported survivors of the Age of Reptiles (200 million to 60 million years ago).

A remarkable fossil in the National Museum of Natural History’s collection reveals that the ancestors of modern flightless birds were capable of flying long distances ...

The sturgeon is an ancient and iconic species of fish. Long and bony, with a body covered in armored plates known as scutes, the sturgeon has been called a “living fossil” with evolutionary roots ...