Located at the southern end of the great expanse of Lake Malawi, with its deep, clear waters and mountain backdrop, the national park is home to many hundreds of fish species, nearly all endemic. Its ...
Within the world’s aquatic ecosystems, there are countless different species of fish and other marine organisms that scientists are still discovering today. From saltwater to freshwater, lakes to ...
The rock-dwelling cichlids from Lake Malaŵi, known as mbuna, comprise a diverse group of haplochromine fishes that are placed among 14 genera. Within the mbuna, Pseudotropheus is a polyphyletic genus, ...
These fish display amazing color combinations, with mixes of electric blue, bright yellows, and reddish purple. ©Grigorev Mikhail/Shutterstock.com The most common fish in Malawi are African cichlids, ...
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In the second-largest lake in Africa, fish evolution is taking place at an explosive rate. Why? Scientists are diving into the question Ben Crair Lake Malawi formed in a valley where the African ...
Three years ago, a French-Australian team of scientists caused a sensation by demonstrating that bees could add and subtract small numbers. Bees and their tiny brains entered an exclusive club ...
New Delhi: A cichlid fish species and stingrays can perform mathematical operations, a new study has found. The cichlid fish species, Zebra mbuna, and stingrays, can carry out addition and subtraction ...
Recent studies have detected simple arithmetic abilities beyond mammal and bird brains, from salamanders to bees. A new study adds stingrays and cichlids to the small but growing list of animals that ...