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 ...

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 ...

For more than 50 years, people have talked about tiny freshwater fish called shellears scaling the rock faces behind waterfalls in Central Africa. But the behavior has never been officially documented ...

For over half a century, people in Central Africa have told tales of the fish seen climbing waterfalls, but these claims have never been officially confirmed. Now, these fish have finally been caught ...

Learn how fish in the Democratic Republic of the Congo scale a near-vertical waterfall using microscopic hooks. A waterfall isn’t supposed to be climbable. But thousands of small fish are doing it ...

Underwater "traffic" encompasses a fascinating variety of creatures, from fish with their graceful swimming postures to jet-propelled jellyfish and remoras hitching rides on other organisms. Among ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A tree-climbing species of fish has been filmed hopping along the water ...

Shellear fish have certain anatomical traits making it possible for them to climb as well as swim. (Pacifique Kiwele Mutambala) Seventeen years ago, Auguste Chocha Manda, a researcher at the ...