These "total monsters of fishes" are extinct today, though new clues about their lives come from CT scans and their closest ...

Long before whales dominated the oceans, Earth’s seas were home to a fish so massive it continues to challenge our ...

In October 2024, deep-technical divers off the coast of North Maluku, Indonesia, recorded the first-ever underwater images of a live Sulawesi coelacanth (Latimeria menadoensis). Long considered a ...

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, known ...

Just because a species is presumed extinct doesn’t mean it’s gone forever. Here are four glowing examples of this unique, and felicitous, phenomenon. Not all species that have been classified as ...

In a heartening sign of ecological recovery, a recent report by 5 On Your Side showed the resurgence of a prehistoric fish, once on the edge of extinction, that is making a remarkable comeback in ...

How the TVA and TWRA are partnering to bring a prehistoric fish back to Tennessee after it was "wiped out" locally.

WEST ALTON, Mo. — A fish that once thrived for 150 million years was driven to the "brink of extinction." It's undergoing a slow, but sure, comeback. "Lake sturgeon were declared endangered in the ...

GALLATIN, Tenn. (WSMV) - A multi-agency operation to bolster the sturgeon population in Tennessee’s waterways continued this month with a survey in Sumner County. The Tennessee Valley Authority and ...