After weeks of flooding, the tiny creek finally returned to normal. A fish trap was placed beside the rocks where the fish usually hide. Hours later the trap was lifted from the water. Inside were ...

Cichlids are one of the largest and strangest groups of vertebrate fish — fish with backbones — on Earth. They’re popular as pets and farmed in aquaculture, and scientists have been studying them ...

African cichlids are among the most interesting fish in the freshwater hobby for many reasons, but mouthbrooding is near the top of the list - a survival strategy so effective that it looks alarming ...

In Lake Malawi, hundreds of species of cichlid fish have evolved with astonishing speed, offering scientists a rare opportunity to study how biodiversity arises.

The cichlid fish of Africa's Great Lakes have formed new species more rapidly than any other group of vertebrates. A new study shows that the ease with which these fish can develop a biological ...