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 ...

Researchers have filmed tiny shellear fish (Parakneria thysi) climbing up a 15-meter waterfall in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Measuring just 4 centimeters long, these fish embark on a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You don't need to turn your head sideways. These fish are really vertically climbing a rock wall. Key takeawaysPowered by Yahoo ...

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 ...

Waterfalls are a nearly insurmountable obstacle for most fish. Because of the strong currents and near-vertical cliffs, only a few species such as salmon can leap upstream, and even they find it ...

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 ...

And now a surprising kind of rock climber that uses its fins to cover some impressive vertical ground. Here's science reporter, Ari Daniel. ARI DANIEL, BYLINE: Pacifique Kiwele Mutambala is a PhD ...

Nature often puts on incredible displays. A recent example caught on camera shows thousands of bumblebee catfish (Rhyacoglanis paranensis) climbing waterfalls in southern Brazil. This is the first ...

A fish the size of a thick french fry shouldn’t be able to defy gravity. But in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, thousands of them do it at once — and researchers now have the evidence to prove ...

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 ...