Almost all animals have symmetrical bodies. Bilateral symmetry is almost universal in all animals and is only very rarely ...

The favoured direction of the cichlid's attack corresponds to its laterally asymmetric head shape: It prefers to attack the prey fish either from the right or from the left side, depending on the ...

The favoured direction of the cichlid's attack corresponds to its laterally asymmetric head shape: It prefers to attack the prey fish either from the right or from the left side, depending on the ...

Scuba divers visited several spots at Lake Malawi in 2016 to search for cichlid fish, George Turner wrote in a study published Dec. 10 in the peer-reviewed Journal of Fish Biology.

Which genetic factors can break the symmetry of an animal's body? To answer this question, a Konstanz research team led by ...

Nature’s laboratory The myriad of lakes that are scattered across the rift valley of Eastern Africa are often referred to as a natural laboratory. This is because, in a similar way to how the ...

A female Astatotilapia burtoni, a type of freshwater cichlid fish commonly found in some parts of Africa. Cichlid mothers were recently found to regularly eat their newborn offspring to keep healthy.

In social fish like cichlids, status is everything. High-status males are territorial and colorful – they defend territories and reproduce with females. Low-status males, which are less colorful and ...

Complex teeth with multiple cusps in an African cichlid fish. The cichlid fish of Africa's Great Lakes have formed new species more rapidly than any other group of vertebrates. A new study shows that ...

Environment Animals Wildlife Fish One fish, two fish, 3,000 fish … Groups of cichlid fishes in East Africa radiated into thousands of species within dazzlingly short periods of time.