Florida's exotic fish invasion includes a surprisingly robust population of African cichlids — species that originated in ...

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 ...

Unplanned Cichlid Breeding Discovery In this video, I share the surprise discovery of unexpected cichlid fry in my aquarium, highlighting the fascinating breeding behaviors of these fish. Join me as I ...

IN most of the modern texts on evolution 1, one of the outstanding proofs of speciation, that is, development of forms separated from one another under normal conditions by their immiscibility, ...

Female fish can breed a new species if they aren't choosy about who is Mr. Right. Fish will mate with a species outside their own if the male's coloring is attractive enough or if the female can't see ...

The evolution of new traits with novel functions has always posed a challenge to evolutionary biology. Studying the color markings of cichlid fish, Swiss scientists were now able to show what ...

Scientists have uncovered evidence of fish mating with species different from their own—a process that can lead to the creation of several new species. For a study published in the journal Nature ...

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, ...

Scientists, led by University of Bristol, have been studying a fish sensory organ to understand cues for collective behavior which could be employed on underwater robots. Why would having two sets of ...