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A previously unknown shark once swam around the shores of the U.K. more than 70 million years ago. The new species, named ...

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A coelacanth, known by some as the "dinosaur fish," was spotted in eastern Indonesia in a rare sighting of a species once ...

This ancient lake hasn't had any water in it for at least a few millennia, but it's still full of incredible aquatic life ...

Imagine standing on a windswept English beach, the salty air stinging your face, while jagged cliffs loom overhead. Suddenly, ...

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 ...

Scientists have unearthed a 240-million-year-old fossil of a Dinocephalosaurus, a long-necked marine reptile that closely ...

Among these prehistoric giants was Leedsichthys problematicus, an enormous filter-feeding fish that could reach lengths that modern ... paleontologists due to its predominantly cartilaginous skeleton, ...

Among these prehistoric giants was Leedsichthys problematicus, an enormous filter-feeding fish that could reach lengths that modern ... paleontologists due to its predominantly cartilaginous skeleton, ...

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“So far, we’ve seen one sighting,” said Sheehan. Experts say the prehistoric fish typically start to spawn when the water temperature is around 53 degrees. Sheehan says DNR crews use the privacy of ...