Author: Kay Smythe

A study published in March suggested that one of the most common fish in the US was actually a very cool dinosaur monster that somehow survived every disaster of the past 150 million years. You may think you’re cool, but you’ll never be as cool as a gar.This “ultimate living fossil” evolved at a slower rate than your predecessor, apparently unchanged for more than 150 million years, according to a study published in the journal Evolution. This anatomically modern and strangely impressive slender-toothed creature has weaved its way through America’s lakes and rivers since it first appeared during the Jurassic…