Cichlid fishes have undergone a mind-boggling degree of speciation. New research is revealing features of their genomes that primed them to diversify so spectacularly Africa's Lake Victoria is home to ...

Most fish rely primarily on their vision to find prey to feed upon, but a University of Rhode Island biologist and her colleagues have demonstrated that a group of African cichlids feeds by using its ...

Researchers have found that male African cichlids vocalize during courtship, and that females' sensitivity to these sounds increases when they are ready to mate. African cichlids enjoy an alien, ...

Dubai’s indoor rainforest opens new aquarium with 2,000 African cichlid fish Starting June 22, guests can dive into the world's largest freshwater cichlid aquarium for the ‘Snorkel with Cichlid’ ...

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 ...

Beau Alward, University of Houston assistant professor of psychology, who holds a joint appointment in biology and biochemistry and is director of the Social Neuroscience Lab, has received the Beckman ...

The plesiomorphic breeding system of the large fish family Cichlidae is a monogamous, biparental pair that cares for eggs and extends care to shepherding and protecting tiny fry. Typically, the male ...

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 ...