The unexpected capture of a living coelacanth in the 1930s was 'the most sensational natural history discovery' of the century. In April 1939, New Zealand's Auckland Star proclaimed that the Loch Ness ...

In the 1990s, researchers discovered a second coelacanth species in Indonesia. These two species continue to fascinate ocean scientists. Coelacanths belong to the group Sarcopterygii, which ...