Lake Tanganyika in Africa is a true hotspot of organismal diversity. Approximately 240 species of cichlid fishes have evolved in this lake in less than 10 million years. A research team from the ...

Nothing about cichlids is ordinary. In Lake Tanganyika alone, at the divide between Central and East Africa, roughly 250 species evolved from a single ancestor over 9.7 million years.

For example, in Lake Tanganyika, there’s a species that can temporarily survive in layers of the lake that don’t have oxygen. The average African cichlid size ranges from 1 inch long to over 3 ...

Our story begins in 1954, on the shores of Lake Tanganyika in then Belgian Congo, ... Each enclosure was stocked with prey fish and scale-eating cichlids, either all lefties, ...

Lake Tanganyika has always had its whims, flooding people’s properties occasionally. But catastrophes of any size were previously minimal, with the water receding after some time.

Lake Tanganyika is Africa’s longest reservoir of fresh water and a lifeblood for the millions who live near it. But in recent years, fish catches have declined sharply.

People take photos near Lake Tanganyika in Bujumbura, Burundi, Nov 2, 2022. Photo:Xinhua This aerial photo taken on Nov 3, 2022 shows the Lake Tanganyika in Rumonge province, Burundi. Photo:Xinhua ...