A record bowfin was caught on a NJ creek on a warm day last month. Bowfin are living fossils as they're last survivor of a ...

Smith named the fish Latimeria chalumnae after Courtenay-Latimer and its place of capture, the mouth of the Chalumna River. When it was revealed, the story of the now-living fossil fish made headlines ...

How did the goblin shark score its haunting name? It has something to do with the goblin shark's visage. Find out more about ...

Deforestation is just one of many additional pressures on the river that threaten the survival of the living fossil fish. Other threats include river fragmentation, habitat degradation ...

The group includes the more famous animals such as whale sharks and great whites, but also all rays, skates and the little-known chimaeras (also known as ratfish, rabbit fish or ghost sharks). While ...

A new species of a prehistoric fish was discovered in Socorro County. The "demon-toothed" fish was found to be living more ...