This cocoon helps prevent water loss and protects against possible infections during dry seasons. During this dormant period, the lungfish survives by metabolizing its own nutrient-rich muscle tissue.

Those early innovations include the lungfish’s unusual talent for sleeping through the heat by hiding out in a burrow wrapped in a mucus cocoon. They leave just enough space for the mouth to ...

It belongs to the South American lungfish. “It was a technical challenge, of course, to do this,” says Axel Meyer at the University of Konstanz in Germany. “It is the largest of all animal ...

The genome belongs to the South American lungfish (Lepidosiren paradoxa), a primeval, air-breathing fish that "hops" onto land from the water using weird, limb-like fins. The fish's DNA code ...

Lungfish and lager The National Museum of Nuclear Science and History is continuing its Science on Tap series Friday, Feb. 3 at 6 p.m. Irene Salinas Remiro will discuss "In and Out of Your Cocoon ...

Want to read more? Check out our stories here. Ferganoceratodus edwardsi, named after Edwards, is a new species of lungfish that lived around 210 million years ago, according to the release.