Lake Tanganyika in Africa is a true hotspot of organismal diversity. Approximately 240 species of cichlid fishes have evolved in this lake in less than 10 million years. A research team from the ...

The macabre diets of scale-eating cichlids help shed light on the important role of frequency dependence in shaping genetic variation and the natural world. By Jeffrey McKinnon / MIT Press Reader ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Supported by evidence for assortative mating and polygynandry, sexual selection through mate choice was suggested as the main force driving ...

Africa’s deepest freshwater lake holds a dizzying array of animals, including hundreds of species of cichlid fish found nowhere else in the world. They crowd the waters of Lake Tanganyika, with scales ...

Cuckoo catfish may be the worst parents ever. Rather than raising their own cannibalistic offspring, they force other fish species to raise them in their own mouths. But how do they do it? New ...

Animals that have either migrated to or been introduced in Central Europe - such as the Asian bush mosquito or the Asian ladybeetle - feel extremely comfortable in their new homes due to changing ...

Nikki Forrester is a science journalist based in Davis, West Virginia. Carolin Sommer-Trembo’s first foray into studying fish behaviour was during her PhD at the University of Frankfurt in Germany, ...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 105, No. 40 (Oct. 7, 2008), pp. 15475-15480 (6 pages) The existence of ancient deep-water lakes provides an ...

Lake Tanganyika, Africa's aquatic marvel and a lifeline for millions, is caught in a fishy dilemma where overfishing, illegal nets, and climate change threaten its rich biodiversity and the ...