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 ...

CAIRNS, Australia, June 5 (UPI) --A walking, breathing fish is threatening to invade mainland Australia, and scientists are concerned the invasive species' arrival could spell trouble for a variety of ...

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.

Meet the climbing perch -- the invasive fish that may be threatening the Australian ecosystem. The "walking" fish is continuing to make its way to Australia from Paupa New Guinea, possibly posing a ...

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As the rain stops and the night sky blankets the rice fields, climbing perch emerge for a quiet migration.

What's that crawling toward you? A fish, of course. The climbing perch has an “accessory air-breathing organ” that lets it breathe on dry land for up to six days, according to AOL. The fish can also ...

THE aquarium of the Zoological Society's Gardens in Regent's Park has lately received a contribution of five specimens of the “Climbing Perch” (Anabas scandens). They were very kindly obtained for me ...