Guppies change their eye color to deter rivals
Tiny fish called Trinidadian guppies turn their eyes black to warn other fish when they are feeling aggressive, new research shows.
Tiny fish called Trinidadian guppies turn their eyes black to warn other fish when they are feeling aggressive, new research shows.
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Biologists have known for long that ecology, the interaction between organisms and their environment, plays a significant role in forming new species and in modifying living ones. The traditional view is ...
Evolution
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Birds of a feather flock together, but when guppies gather, they get really bad worms.
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A team of researchers working at the University of Padova, in Italy, has found that like humans and many other animals, guppies are susceptible to optical illusions. In their paper published in the journal Biology Letters, ...
Nature is full of big questions that are easy to ask and hard to answer. With some good old-fashioned hard work and help from a humble, gilled vertebrate, though, Michigan State University's Sarah Fitzpatrick and Isabela ...
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Dec 7, 2021
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Just like humans trying to stick to New Year's resolutions, guppies have varying levels of self-control, a new study shows.
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Jan 15, 2021
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Trinidadian guppies behave like matadors, focusing a predator's point of attack before dodging away at the last moment, new research shows.
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Jun 11, 2020
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When it comes to finding a mate, male guppies rely on their brothers to ward off the competition.
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Mar 26, 2020
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Leadership during cooperation runs in the family for tiny fish called Trinidadian guppies, new research shows.
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Nov 20, 2019
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A multiuniversity research team including a Florida State scientist has found that a lack of predators creates an environment that is key to evolutionary changes found in guppies.
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