Amazonian expedition searches out rare 'fish from the clouds

There’s near-universal folklore told throughout Brazil of colorful fish that fall from the clouds during the rains to live in newly formed ponds. These stories arose to explain a hard-to-believe phenomenon: the appearance of rivulids — a group of fish that comprises nearly 500 species in Brazil — in small bodies of water where before […]

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