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 ...

Parakneria thysi spends nearly 10 hours scaling Lubilombo Falls to escape predators and secure upstream habitat ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...