A growing number of recent genomic studies report asexual parthenogenetic reproduction in a wide range of taxa, including vertebrate species from the reptile, bird, and fish lineages. Yet, ...

Fish are fascinating creatures to observe, study, or even catch! There are over 33,000 species of fish that come in many different shapes, colors, and sizes! Just the thought of keeping up with that ...

Lake Tanganyika is the deepest lake in Africa. It has a maximum depth of 4,823 feet, making it the second-deepest lake in the world. Its average depth is 1,870 feet. This is in comparison to the world ...

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Raising babies can be exhausting—so much so that some mouthbrooding mothers snack on their young, according to a new study. A central African cichlid fish, Astatotilapia burtoni—commonly called Burton ...

Morphological development and allometric growth of laboratory reared Nannacara anomala were studied from hatching to the loss of larval characters and beginning of squamation (18 days post-hatching) ...

“There is rice in the fields and fish in the water,” is an old saying that speaks to the natural abundance of Thailand as the land of milk and honey with fresh, affordable food aplenty. Most Thais are ...

Editor’s note: The study described in this news article was retracted on October 29, 2020. Prompted by a study posted at preprints.org questioning the origin of the eggs found in the mouth of a ...