The coelacanth - a wondrous fish that was thought to have gone extinct along with the dinosaurs 66 million years ago before unexpectedly being found alive and well in 1938 off South Africa's east coast - is offering up even more surprises. The researchers used annual growth rings deposited on the fish's scales to determine the age of individual coelacanths …
The females don’t hit sexual maturity until their late 50s and one pregnancy lasted five years. The coelacanth — a giant weird fish still around from dinosaur times — can live for 100 years, a new study found. But by applying a standard technique for dating commercial fish, French scientists calculated they actually live close to a century, according to …
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