Africa's Lake Victoria is home to one of evolution's greatest experiments. In its waters, what began as a single lineage belonging to the cichlid family of fishes has since given rise to a dazzling ...

Gene transfer inhibition in the African cichlids fish might explain the evolution of new species, a study in Nature Ecology & Evolution, has found. Martin Genner, a professor of Ecology, Population ...

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 ...

Scuba divers found some “large”-eyed lake creatures off the coast of Malawi and discovered two new species, a study said and photos show. Photo from Getty / iStockphoto Plunging into a large lake in ...

The Great Lakes of East Africa swarm with fish–particulary with one kind of fish known as cichlids. In Lake Victoria alone you can find over 500 species. These species come in different colors and ...

Animals are remarkably diverse in their sleep and activity patterns due to foraging strategies, social behavior and their desire to avoid predators. With more than 3,000 types of cichlids, these ...

From African cichlids to Oscars and mollies, the diversity was surprising. This piece focuses on how one runoff point turned into a collection of aquarium species in the wild.

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 has ...