When farmer Elijah Murithi grew bananas in the 1980s and 1990s, central Kenya's increasingly erratic weather meant he could rarely make a steady income from the thirsty crop.

A sharp-toothed fossil found in an Egyptian desert proves that sea-going crocodiles originated in Africa, according to scientists. They say the earliest long-snouted fossil crocodile that was around ...

Central Michigan University has received nearly $900,000 as part of a five-year, $1.8 million grant from the National Science Foundation to investigate how competition between males may drive the ...

Cichlid fishes are famous for large, diverse and replicated adaptive radiations in the Great Lakes of East Africa. To understand themolecular mechanisms underlying cichlid phenotypic diversity, we ...

Researchers have found that chunks of "flipped" DNA can help fish quickly adapt to new habitats and evolve into new species, acting as evolutionary "superchargers." In the face of threats from other ...

Even the most relaxing spa day can’t compare to the luxurious treatment this hippo at the San Antonio Zoo received courtesy of some fish friends! An adorable video shows a Nile hippopotamus named ...

A sleepy hippo taking an underwater nap while being groomed by a school of fish is just the ‘moment of zen’ we needed on Hump Day. The video shows a Nile Hippopotamus waking up and bobbing to the ...

A sleepy hippo took an underwater nap and enjoyed a grooming by his tank mates. A video shows Timothy, a Nile Hippopotamus, waking up and bobbing to the surface for air whilst getting a fish spa ...

Aggression is ubiquitous among social species and functions to maintains social dominance hierarchies. The African cichlid fish Astatotilapia burtoni is an ideal study species for studying aggression ...

Goldfish are sociable and prefer living with other goldfish since they are temperate fish. Nevertheless, it can be enjoyable to introduce different fish varieties to your goldfish tank if they are ...

The Green Planet, Dubai’s indoor tropical rainforest, has a new attraction. The world’s largest freshwater cichlid aquarium is now ready to be explored at the City Walk spot. Home to 2,000 vibrant ...