Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer with the first coelacanth specimen (Image via Wikimedia Commons) Thought to have been extinct for 65 million years, the coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae) was scientifically rediscovered in December 1938 when a specimen was brought by a fisherman to South African museum curator Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer. Ms. Latimer worked to preserve and identify the animal, which … Continue reading The Coelacanth in Literature Following Rediscovery