Coelacanths are deep-sea fish that live off the coasts of southern Africa and Indonesia and can reach up to two meters in ...

During construction, millions of fossils were found at a California high school, including megalodon teeth, extinct dolphins, ...

Ngamugawi wirngarri is a new species of coelacanth, an ancient fish species that has lived on Earth for over 400 million ...

Climate change and asteroids are linked with animal origin and extinction -- and plate tectonics also seems to play a key evolutionary role, 'groundbreaking' new fossil research reveals. The discovery ...

Around 380 million years ago, the site was a tropical reef teeming with more than 50 species of fish. Ngamugawi wirngarri, the new fossil coelacanth, is the first fish found in the area to bear a ...

Sharks have been losing teeth for 400 million years. Here’s a guide to uncovering some of these plentiful fossils across the ...

The discoveries include sharks, shorebirds, mammals and saber-toothed salmon, with the oldest remains dating to almost nine ...

Researchers have discovered a well-preserved Devonian coelacanth fish in Western Australia, shedding light on the connection ...

A study of a bizarre prehistoric bird's fossilized remains has uncovered fascinating new details regarding its behavior. Living around 120 million years ago, the species, Longipteryx chaoyangensis, is ...

Scientists believe the area was once fully underwater, which would explain the bounty of marine fossils. Along with beds of shells and millions of fish bones, researchers discovered the fossil of ...