Nature has once again proven how resilient life can be. In Brazil, scientists have documented thousands of tiny bumblebee catfish scaling waterfalls up to four meters high, a feat that seems almost impossible for fish less than four centimeters long. According to ScienceAlert, the surprising behavior was first noticed when police spotted the fish swarming […]
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From the Amazon to the Himalayas, an invasive catfish makes its Nepal debut
KATHMANDU — The discovery in a Nepali river of an armored catfish native to the Amazon has alarmed researchers and conservationists, who say it’s still not clear how the species found its way from the South American rainforest to the Himalayan nation. Forty-three specimens of Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus, known as the vermiculated sailfin catfish, were discovered […]
Mana first afternoon
October in Mana Pools in the Zambezi valley below the escarpment is called suicide month, for a good reason. In the five days we were there, three of them averaged 43 degrees centigrade in the shade and 53 in the direct sun in the early afternoon. Part of the reason for visiting Mana at this […]