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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A survey has revealed that Britain's rarest freshwater fish is continuing to flourish in Dumfries and Galloway. Vendace had been extinct in Scotland until being reintroduced at Loch Skeen near Moffat ...