Scientists discovered a new dinosaur species, Spinosaurus mirabilis, in Niger, challenging old theories about Spinosaurus and revealing a powerful inland fish-hunting predator.

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 relic of the past—and for decades presumed extinct—this ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A rare and strange fish from a species that dates back to the time of the dinosaurs has washed up on the U.S. East Coast.

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 by some as the "dinosaur fish," in October 2024 off the ...

CHEBOYGAN COUNTY, MI – A survey of lake sturgeon, a species that dates back to the time of dinosaurs, will count juveniles in Northern Michigan’s Black Lake, officials said. This is the first survey to track juveniles in the lake since 2013, according ...

It’s a rite of spring to go paddlefish snagging in Missouri and Oklahoma, at reservoirs such as Lake of the Ozarks, Truman, Table Rock and the Grand Lake O' the Cherokees. In the not-so-distant past, it used to be a back wrenching, exhausting pursuit ...