The decrease in fishery productivity in Lake Tanganyika since the 1950s is a consequence of global warming rather than just overfishing, according to a new report. The lake was becoming warmer at the ...

The macabre diets of scale-eating cichlids help shed light on the important role of frequency dependence in shaping genetic variation and the natural world. By Jeffrey McKinnon / MIT Press Reader ...

New research suggests rising temperatures are responsible for the decline in fish in Africa's Lake Tanganyika. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic Lake Tanganyika, the second largest freshwater lake in the world, ...

Geologists have documented that Lake Tanganyika in east Africa has experienced unprecedented warming in the last century. Using core samples obtained from the lake bed, the team determined the lake is ...

The lake's fish are a critical part of the diet of neighbouring countries, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania and Zambia, providing up to 60 percent of the animal protein consumed in ...

ARUSHA, Tanzania, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- Tanzania has embarked on a new project geared to replenish the dwindling fish stock in Lake Tanganyika -- the world's second deepest freshwater body, officials ...

Global warming has hit fish numbers in Lake Tanganyika, one of the world's largest and deepest lakes, according to a new study. The study, published online in the Proceedings of the National Academy ...