Scientists reveal the genetic secret behind the thick lips of African cichlids, linked to parallel evolution and proteins.

In 2009, he gave up his university affiliations to live at Lake Malawi and study the fish on his own. McKaye was confounded by the sheer number of cichlid species in Lake Malawi. How were the fish ...

Scuba divers visited several spots at Lake Malawi in 2016 to search for cichlid fish, George Turner wrote in a study ...

These thick, plump lips have puzzled researchers for years, leaving them to wonder what drives this curious evolutionary ...

a fish-landing site on Lake Malawi. "This is one of the hardest parts of this work," Amin said, his eyes teary as he poked ...