Setting up an aquarium requires more than just buying a tank and filling it with water. You must also determine tank size, ...

There are concerned, overprotective parents, and then there are cichlid fish. After a male cichlid fertilizes the female’s eggs, she holds her entire brood of embryos inside her mouth for two weeks ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? East Africa’s Lake Victoria is home to over 500 species of cichlid, and according to ...

A researcher found and recorded the Cuatro Ciénegas cichlid, a rare fish by the scientific name of Herichthys minckleyi, using a stealth mating strategy called sneaking to slip his DNA into the next ...

They may not play ‘fetch’ or chase butterflies, but fish are social and playful creatures too, scientists claim. They have filmed cichlid fish species ‘playing’ for the first time, recording the ...

I am currently a PhD student at the University of Florida, in Dr. Colette St. Mary's Lab. I am conducting research in the field of evolutionary ecology, with a focus on the reproductive behavior of ...

Fish have the reasoning capacity of a 4- or 5-year-old child when it comes to figuring out who among their peers is "top dog," new research shows. Stanford University scientists made the ...