Some animals have been around since the time of the dinosaurs—and they’re still thriving today! Known as “living fossils,” these creatures have barely changed over millions of years and continue to ...

Paleontologists recently discovered a new extinct coelacanth species that highlights the role that Earth’s plate tectonics plays in evolution. Also called Latimeria, coelacanths are a deep-sea fish ...

South Carolina is a phenomenal place to hunt fossils like giant megalodon and angustiden sharks teeth, which can be found on most beaches, inland waterways, and drainage areas. In fact, one of the ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. If you take a look at a horseshoe crab, you are essentially peering ...

We see evolution all around us, constantly, in every living thing. Yet in the deep oceans we find a number of "living fossils" reminiscent of creatures from prehistoric times. In his 1859 book On the ...

These ancient crustaceans are meager in size but mighty in history. A colony of prehistoric triops, a tadpole shrimp that’s existed for hundreds of millions of years, was beautifully captured by ...

The term “living fossil” sets my teeth on edge. After all, if a species remains present in our world, that means it continues to be adapted to its present environment, no matter how ancient its ...

The deep sea also harbours some of the most intriguing and alien-like species in existence, yet for several centuries, these ...

As a label for a distinct category of life, “living fossil” is controversial. The term has multiple deFInitions, and it is unclear whether the label can be genuinely used to delimit biodiversity. Even ...

In the cinema version of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Lost World, a remote wilderness is peopled with fantastic dinosaurs, purported survivors of the Age of Reptiles (200 million to 60 million years ago).