The human fingertip is a finely tuned sensory machine, and even slight touches convey a great deal of information about our physical environment. It turns out, some fish use their pectoral fins in ...

Fish fins are touch sensors, and they work in a way that’s similar to our fingertips. According to new findings published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, the pectoral fins located behind the ...

Evolution has turned out bizarre and baffling creatures, such as walking fish. It only gets weirder from there. Some of these fish not only walk on the seafloor, but use their leg-like appendages to ...

The sensory system in fish fins evolves in parallel to fin shape and mechanics, and is specifically tuned to work with the fish's swimming behavior, according to new research. The researchers found ...