Waterfall-climbing fish performs evolutionary feat (NSF)

Small Hawaiian goby fish species could provide big clues about adaptation and evolution.

The species of goby fish, Sicyopterus stimpsoni, also known as the "inching climber," thrives in the waters off Hawaii, and the amazing physical feat it must perform to survive is no fish tale! To reach the safe haven of its freshwater spawning area, this goby must scale a waterfall, or at least the rock behind it, using suction cups on its body. [Read Full Article]