“Humans and fish aren’t close evolutionary cousins,” Siek said. “We’re part of the same phylum called Chordata. We share a ...

The coelacanth has gills similar to those of fish living at the depths in which ... belong to a group known as the lobe-finned fishes. Projecting from the body on stalks rather than attaching ...

Modern lungfish can breathe air using their lungs, in addition to extracting oxygen through gills like other fish. Lungfish ...

In a shallow area near the water's edge, something happened that would forever change life on our planet: a fish from the class of lobe-finned fishes uses its pair of powerful pectoral fins to ...