Some cichlid fish mothers snack on their own offspring to ensure their own survival. New research suggests that the mothers can boost their chemical defences by using antioxidants found in their own ...

Mouthbrooding fish under stress may sometimes resort to cannibalism and eat their young. Scientists' discovery of the behavior was "a complete accident." When you purchase through links on our site, ...

In an extreme feat of parenting, some female cichlid fish carry their eggs and babies in their mouths for about two weeks. In this way, the young fish and fish-to-be are protected from predators in ...

Many fathers might find themselves with their hands full when looking after their children, but this fish has his mouth crammed full with scores of his offspring. Among yellow-headed jawfish - which ...

Raising babies in your mouth is no guarantee that they’re your own — as some Australian mouthbrooding fish can attest 1. Males belonging to some species of river-dwelling fish guard their young by ...

A study of Australian fish that care for offspring through mouthbrooding shows that things underwater are not always as monogamous as they seem. By Elizabeth Preston Lurking among the underwater ...

There are concerned, overprotective parents, and then there are cichlid fish. After a male cichlid fertilizes the female’s eggs, she holds her entire brood of embryos inside her mouth for two weeks ...

While many creatures lay eggs or give birth to live young in familiar ways, some have developed unique methods to protect their offspring. One such strategy is mouthbrooding, where parents carry and ...

Raising babies can be exhausting—so much so that some mouthbrooding mothers snack on their young, according to a new study. A central African cichlid fish, Astatotilapia burtoni—commonly called Burton ...

University of Maryland researcher Cheng-Yu Li was in the lab one day when he noticed a fish with a protruding jaw: a telltale sign that it was incubating eggs in its mouth, keeping its offspring safe ...