Shutterstock October 13, 2022 From coelacanths to crinoids: these 9 ‘living fossils’ haven’t changed in millions of years Alice Clement, Flinders University Deep in the oceans dwell creatures that can evade many of the evolutionary drivers of life on land – and they remain seemingly unchanged through time.
Zhang Kaiyv/Unsplash January 20, 2022 Dinosaur food and Hiroshima bomb survivors: maidenhair trees are ‘living fossils’ and your new favourite plant Gregory Moore, The University of Melbourne Maidenhair trees, Ginkgo biloba, can live for over 1,000 years and grow 35m tall. While they’re beautiful to look at, they’re also notorious for their vomit-smelling seeds.
The living fossil Coelacanth, first sighted in South African waters, also lives across the Indian ocean in Indonesia. Catmando/Shutterstock March 30, 2015 Hunting for living fossils in Indonesian waters Augy Syaihailatua, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) A new centre in Indonesia is dedicated to studying the curious and ancient Coelacanth.