A new study comparing the forces acting on fins of mudskipper fish and on the forelimbs of tiger salamanders can now be used to analyze early fossils that spanned the water - to - land transition in tetrapod evolution, and further understand their capability to move on land. (sciencedaily.com)
That's one conclusion from a new study of African mudskipper fish and a robot modeled on the animal. (nimbios.org)
Slow - motion X-ray footage of mudskippers using a «water tongue» to capture food on land offers a clue to the way tongues evolved (newscientist.com)