Guppies are beginner-friendly, low-maintenance fish that thrive in a 10-gallon tank, with a peaceful temperament and omnivorous diet. Males are smaller with vibrant colors, while females are larger ...

Conservation Biology, Vol. 21, No. 6 (Dec., 2007), pp. 1573-1583 (11 pages) Ex situ conservation is of increasing importance to prevent the extinction of endangered animals in the wild. Despite low ...

With fogging and anti-larvae measure not proving to be effective to curb the mosquito menace, the residents of Chembur have revived an age-old method to control the breeding of larvae. With fogging ...

In a Swedish lab, Alexander Kotrschal has deliberately moulded the intelligence of small fish called guppies. From a starting population, he picked individuals with either unusually large or small ...

A freshwater fish that grows to little more than the size of your index finger is Enemy No. 1 of the Aedes aegypti mosquito that spreads the dengue virus. Metro introduces you to the two-inch guppy ...

Panaji: In a bid to stem the spread of mosquitoes through biological means, the directorate of health services, along with 29 of its 34 health centres, has been breeding guppies for use in wells — ...