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 ...

Primeval fish that were thought to be "living fossils," largely unchanged since the time of the dinosaurs, are actually evolving dramatically — and they evolved faster when Earth's continents moved ...

The vampire squid genome shows it kept ancient features shared with squids, while octopuses gained major chromosomal changes.

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora on Friday updated its regulation and ...

The alligator gar, and other gar species, are “living fossils” that it shows little species diversity or physical differences from ancestors that lived tens of millions of years ago. Credit: Solomon ...

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 ...

Today, the Arabian Gulf is home to manatee-like marine mammals called dugongs that shape the seafloor as they graze on ...

These ancient crustaceans are meager in size but mighty in history. A colony of prehistoric triops, a tadpole shrimp that’s existed for hundreds of millions of years, was beautifully captured by ...

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. — Hundreds of horseshoe crabs gather to nest on Florida’s coast. But did you know the species’ blue blood plays a lifesaving role in the medicine you take? “When the tides are ...

As a label for a distinct category of life, “living fossil” is controversial. The term has multiple deFInitions, and it is unclear whether the label can be genuinely used to delimit biodiversity. Even ...