Researchers are educating fishermen and residents of Torres Strait about climbing perch to prevent the transport of the fish to mainland Australia. Climbing perch, an invasive freshwater fish that can ...

In Australia, there is a fish that has lungs, can walk on dry land, and breathe air, for up to six days. It’s not a new species, but it’s on the move. This has scientists warning that if the reaches ...

A terrifying breed of fish could migrate to Australia. The climbing perch of Papua New Guinea is moving south toward Australia and has many researchers questioning what its impact will be "down under.

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The researchers studied the aquaporins on Climbing perch, anabas testudineus. This fish have the ability to stay on land which imposes some very particular demands on their aquaporins.

The climbing perch is one intimidating fish. Anabas testudineus, native to southeast Asia, can crawl on dry land by dragging itself by the gills—and it can survive there for almost a week. Oh, and ...