A frican lungfish (Protopterus spp.) live in water for part of each year.During yearly dry seasons, though, they dig into mud, curl up, and secrete staggering amounts of mucus that then hardens to ...

The lungfish is the closest relative to the fish ... In that transition, it altered the future of most animal species forever. That fish and its friends eventually evolved into a plethora of ...

The Australian lungfish, for example ... further insights into the lobe-finned ancestors of land vertebrates in the future—and help solve the mystery of how vertebrates made their way onto ...