What’s it like to unbox a giant, ancient fish? We visited the Wet Specimen Collection of Chicago’s Field Museum to watch the process of unpacking a Coelacanth, a fish whose species has been around for more than 400 million years and can grow to more than 2 meters (6 feet 6 inches) long and weigh up to 200 pounds. | Atlas Obscura

A team of divers off the coast of South Africa come face to face with a Coelacanth, a fish that was thought to have gone extinct with the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. | National Geographic Animals