(Phys.org) —Even as the dinosaurs were becoming extinct 66 million years ago, the ancient ancestor of spiny-rayed fishes flourished, eventually giving rise to tens of thousands of species that can now be found in home aquariums ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 17, 2013
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Scientists, led by University of Bristol, have been studying a fish sensory organ to understand cues for collective behavior which could be employed on underwater robots.
Biotechnology
Jan 24, 2023
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Neurobiologists at the Queensland Brain Institute have found that animals are not always as brightly coloured as they seem - at least not to their counterparts.
Plants & Animals
Jun 22, 2010
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Fish school by copying each other and changing directions randomly, rather than calculating and adapting to an average direction of the group, a group of scientists co-led by UNSW has shown.
General Physics
Mar 2, 2020
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What is important when you choose a home? Space, security, light—or a combination of these? Like humans, animals make choices about where to live that have important implications for their livelihoods. But unlike humans, ...
Plants & Animals
May 19, 2020
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Until now, it has been difficult to prove that fast-swimming sperms have an advantage when it comes to fertilizing an egg. But now a research team at Uppsala University can demonstrate that unfaithful females of the cichlid ...
Jan 20, 2009
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Cichlid male nannies help out, especially if they've been sneaking.
Plants & Animals
Oct 12, 2011
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In bony fish the swim bladder primarily serves for buoyancy Moreover, in many species it also possesses acoustic functions: it plays a role in sound production and improves hearing in numerous ways. Biologists around Friedrich ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 8, 2012
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B chromosomes have a functional effect on sex determination in a species of cichlid fishes from Lake Victoria, according to a study by Japanese researchers to be published in open-access journal PLoS Genetics on August 18th, ...
Biotechnology
Aug 18, 2011
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All he touched turned to gold, according to the legend of King Midas from Greek mythology.
Plants & Animals
Jan 13, 2022
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