Scientists found a creature with “fleshy” lips and “large” nostrils in rivers of Vietnam and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Dang, Duong, Li, Nguyen and Tran (2024) In a rocky ...

A surprising number of hillstream loaches—a family of Asian fish—are capable of walking on land using all four limbs, according to a new study. It’s a discovery that could explain how some of the ...

Researchers have reconstructed the ancestral relationships of the hillstream loach family tree, detailing for the first time a range of pelvic adaptations that allow some members of the fish family to ...

In a rocky mountain river of Vietnam, a scaly creature with “fleshy” lips and “large” nostrils swam through the fast-flowing water — or tried to. Visiting scientists scooped up the animal in a net.

A new genetic and morphological study of South Asia's hillstream loach (Balitoridae) family is shedding new light on the fishes' unusual land-walking capabilities, including that of the family's ...