However, to protect this incredibly rare species from tourists who may want to catch a glimpse, researchers have decided to ...

If you haven't seen an animal for over 60 million years, it's only reasonable to assume that it's extinct, but that's not the ...

Researchers in Indonesia have filmed a rare coelacanth nearly 500 feet underwater—marking the first time the fish has been recorded in its native environment.

An underwater species that was once believed to have gone extinct some 70 million years ago was recently spotted in what became a rare photoshoot for the fish. Researchers found the coelacanth ...

Here’s how it works. Why it's awesome: Scientists thought all coelacanths went extinct over 65 million years ago — until the West Indian Ocean coelacanth was found by chance living off the ...

Chappuis overcame the challenge of deep mixed-gas diving, which has led many divers to experience decompression sickness, sometimes referred to as " the bends ," per the U.S. Centers for Disease ...

The IUCN Red List, a catalog of threatened species, lists the West Indian Ocean coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae) as critically endangered, one step up from being extinct in the wild. Learning ...

The two living species of coelacanth are the West Indian Ocean coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae) and the Indonesian coelacanth (Latimeria menadoensis). The species are listed as "critically ...

The sighting was of the other extant coelacanth species, the West Indian Ocean Latimeria chalumnae. Before Ballesta's sighting, some scientists believed the fish died with the extinction of ...