It is not clear why Parakneria thysi climbs. Fish are known for their swimming skills. It seems absurd to think of fish functioning outside their aquatic environment, given how they effortlessly glide ...

Seventeen years ago, Auguste Chocha Manda, a researcher at the Université de Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of Congo, traveled to the Luvilombo waterfall in the south of the country where he ...

The goby fish, particularly species like Sicyopterus stimpsoni, is one of nature’s most remarkable climbers. In fast-flowing rivers and steep tropical regions, some species of fish achieve an ...

A fish that is the size of a thick french fry can literally climb a 50-foot waterfall. Scientists have now proven it with video evidence, CT scans and years of fieldwork at the Luvilombo Falls in the ...

New research from the Democratic Republic of Congo offers a behavioral and anatomical portrait of a species that can achieve surprising athletic... These rock-climbing fish can shimmy up a 50-foot ...