What started as a candy-fueled challenge turned into a multi-species catch fest and a run-in with security.

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Learn how playing dead can keep you alive - we reveal the fascinating concept of death feigning in the animal world.

Chunks of flipped DNA appear to accelerate evolution in fish. This discovery could reshape our understanding of how ...

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A new TikTok video shows a Florida fisherman preparing an invasive species' sandwich with oscar, a type of cichlid.

The mbuna cichlid, Metriaclima zebra, was the first species sequenced as a reference genome for Lake Malawi cichlids 37. The current version of its genome, M_zebra_UMD2a, has been created by ...

Over the years, aquarists and biologists have marveled at the dramatically thick lips of several African cichlid species. These unique fish, found in lakes Victoria, Malawi, and Tanganyika, have ...

Cichlids are a type of freshwater fish popular in the fish collecting hobby. Many species of cichlids originate from lakes in East Africa, such as Lake Victoria and Lake Malawi. Due to pollution ...

For many species, deciding when offspring leave the safety of home is a delicate balancing act. If the young depart too early, they risk being ill-equipped to survive; staying too long, however, can ...