Cichlids are one of the largest and strangest groups of vertebrate fish — fish with backbones — on Earth. They’re popular as pets and farmed in aquaculture, and scientists have been studying them ...

In response to the growing need to strengthen management systems for World Heritage properties in Africa, a capacity-building ...

There are more than 500 cichlid species in Africa's Lake Malawi. They evolved from a few species that likely entered the lake about 3 million years ago and now display very different behaviors and ...

Scuba divers found some “large”-eyed lake creatures off the coast of Malawi and discovered two new species, a study said and photos show. Photo from Getty / iStockphoto Plunging into a large lake in ...

Computed tomography -- CT scanning -- which combines a series of X-ray images taken from different angles around an organism and uses computer processing to create cross-sectional images of its bones, ...

Africa's Lake Victoria is home to one of evolution's greatest experiments. In its waters, what began as a single lineage belonging to the cichlid family of fishes has since given rise to a dazzling ...

Researchers have developed an integrative approach to the classification of fossil cichlids and have identified the oldest known member of the tribe Oreochromini. Cichlids (Cichlidae) are a group of ...

Plunging into a large lake in the East African country of Malawi, divers scanned the rocky coast for aquatic life. Some “large”-eyed creatures caught their attention — and turned out to be two new ...