Recent sightings of the “Mekong ghost” fish in Cambodia offer hope for a creature once presumed extinct. The giant salmon carp, so named because it resembles a large salmon, had not been documented by ...

A giant fish in Asia’s Mekong River that scientists believed to be extinct has been spotted three times after almost 20 years, according to a new study. The “ghost’ fish,” a large salmon carp, is ...

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Researchers have rediscovered a rare fish species presumed to be extinct after it was not seen for more than eight decades. The last sighting of the Chel snakehead, or Channa amphibeus, was last ...

The rare fish was last spotted in Victoria, Australia in 1929 North Central CMA A fish previously declared extinct has been released back into the wild in Australia. The olive perchlet, a small ...

Scientists feared the giant salmon carp had gone extinct, but recent discoveries revealed the elusive species is still in the wild. Chheana Chhut In 2020, scientists were thrilled to hear rumors that ...

Learn why fossil specimens once branded as marine reptiles are now being recognized as coelacanths that lived in shallow seas ...

The Chel snakehead, also known as the Channa amphibeus, was rediscovered in the town of Kalimpong in West Bengal Charna Flam is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023.

It's a fish story with a big, unexpected plot twist. A native Great Lakes whitefish thought extinct for nearly 40 years has been rediscovered by scientists – in the wrong Great Lake. The Shortnose ...

Lobe-finned fishes once led the way in jaw innovation, reshaping evolution long before dinosaurs and life on land emerged.