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 ...

If you're a male African cichlid, it pays to be a brawler. A new study finds that female fish get a reproduction-related charge when their preferred mate wins a fight against another male. When her ...

If you're a male African cichlid, it pays to be a brawler. A new study finds that female fish get a reproduction-related charge when their preferred mate wins a fight against another male. When her ...

The biological family Cichlidaea is one of the most fascinating examples of animal evolution on Earth. Convict cichlids are a widespread, well-known species within this unique group. Convict cichlids ...

Some fish really know how to swim to the top. Researchers have found that within minutes of recognizing a social void, a lowly cichlid can alter its looks and behavior to ascend to the dominant spot ...

Appearances can be very deceptive. Look closely at brown striped lake snails and you may spot one that is actually a fish. Even experts can be fooled. Shun Satoh of Osaka City University, Japan, found ...

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 ...

Grasso, R.L., Coleman R.M. and C. Davidson. (in press) Palatability and Antipredator Response of Yosemite Toads (Anaxyrus canorus) to Nonnative Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) in the Sierra Nevada ...