The analysis of fossils in sediment cores from Lake Victoria, Africa, reveals that a group of cichlid fish rapidly diversified as the lake got larger and provided new ecological niches, whereas the ...

Shell-dwelling cichlids take intense care of their offspring, which they raise in abandoned snail shells. A team at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence used 3D-printed snail shells to ...

Caring for children can be a tough job, particularly if you are a female cichlid fish, with research showing that male cichlid fish have a propensity to desert their mates, leaving them to then look ...

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 ...

Cuckoo catfish may be the worst parents ever. Rather than raising their own cannibalistic offspring, they force other fish species to raise them in their own mouths. But how do they do it? New ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Despite a massive research effort, our understanding of why, in most vertebrates, males compete for mates and females care for offspring ...