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 ...

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 ...

Evolution, Vol. 70, No. 7 (JULY 2016), pp. 1559-1568 (10 pages) Brain size is strongly associated with body size in all vertebrates. This relationship has been hypothesized to be an important ...

The cichlids of Lake Tanganyika in Africa are highly diverse -- including with regard to sex chromosomes. These have changed extremely frequently in the course of the evolution of these fish and, ...

The unique diversity of cichlids in Africa’s oldest lake could help unlock the secrets of evolution. Baby Haplotaxodon microlepis scramble for safety in their mother’s mouth. Like many cichlid species ...

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 ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Robert Lea (created with Canva) The cichlid fish in Lake Tanganyika never knew what was ...

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 ...

The cichlid fish in Lake Tanganyika never knew what was coming. How could they? A star from dozens of lightyears away was to blame for what would soon happen. Cosmic rays from a nearby supernova would ...