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Living Fossil, The Story of the Coelacanth

Living Fossil, The Story of the Coelacanth

by Keith Stewart Thomson

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 1992
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

Thomson relates the remarkable discovery of the long-thought-extinct fossil fish in the deep waters of the Mozambique channel and Comoros Islands. It's a great story and engaging account of the biology and conservation of a living fossil.  (BST09, $9.95)


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