Alligator Gar: Ancient, Fearsome, and Still Alive. Posted: April 7, 2025 | Last updated: April 7, 2025. The alligator gar is one of the most ancient and intimidating freshwater fish in North America.

It was 1938 when a museum curator in East London noticed an unfamiliar fish in a haul from the Chalumna River. Its blue-grey body and oddly jointed fins didn’t match anything she’d seen before.

Its 'living fossil' descendant, the coelacanth, is still alive today. News. By John Long, Richard Cloutier, ... Related: This 'ancient' monster fish may live for 100 years.

The article delved into ancient species like Dendrogramma, Coelacanth, and Emperor Scorpion, which have survived for hundreds of millions of years. These animals offer insights into life's history ...

Ngamugawi or “ancient fish” In our study, we describe a new species of coelacanth from the Devonian period of Western Australia. We have named it Ngamugawi wirngarri .

A soon-to-close salmon farm offered 40,000 pounds of salmon to the Food Bank of Central New York, but the fish were still alive in giant indoor tanks. IE 11 is not supported.

The ancient coelacanth, which has existed for some 419 million years, never stopped evolving despite its reputation as a "living fossil." A new discovery reveals that it evolved faster when plate ...

AUBURN, N.Y. (AP) — A New York food bank was offered a huge donation of fresh fish this month — but it came with a catch. LocalCoho, a soon-to-close salmon farm in the small upstate city of ...

Stephen Zicari, an employee of Local Coho salmon fish farm in Auburn, N.Y., nets fish from one of the farm’s tanks Friday, Jan. 24, 2025, that will be donated to the Food Bank of Central New York.

AUBURN, N.Y. (AP) — A New York food bank was offered a huge donation of fresh fish this month — but it came with a catch. LocalCoho, a soon-to-close salmon farm in the small upstate city of ...