Environmental change drove diversity in Lake Malawi cichlids

Monday, October 3, 2016 - 14:01 in Earth & Climate

Africa's Lake Malawi is home to hundreds of species of cichlids, the freshwater fish whose broad array of colors make them popular denizens of household aquariums. A new study shows how dramatic environmental changes during the lake's history likely drove that dazzling evolutionary diversity.

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