Observations of the Magadi tilapia Alcolapia grahami in hot, highly alkaline Lake Magadi revealed that they air breathe not only during hypoxia, as described previously, but also during normoxia and hyperoxia. Air breathing ...

Cichlid fishes are well known for the ir spectacular adaptive radiations in the Great East African lakes. Yet, a number of reasons including their size, young age and recent ...

The biodiversity of saline lakes is a topic of increasing interest among biologists, ecologists and conservation managers in East Africa. In spite of their extreme conditions and remote locations, East African saline lakes ...

The genome of vertebrates is made of a mosaic of long stretches of DNA, called isochores, which are compositionally uniform, and belong to a few families of GC-poor (L1 and L2) and GC-rich (H1, H2, and H3) components. ...

Insect larvae are reported to be a major component of the simple but highly productive trophic web found in Lake Magadi (Kenya, Africa), which is considered to be one of the most extreme aquatic environments on Earth. ...

Lake Magadi, an alkaline hypersaline lake in Kenya, is one of the most extreme water bodies known. Although its water temperatures often exceed 40°C, a particular lineage of ‘dwarf’ tilapia, Alcolapia grahami, has evolved ...

Alcolapia grahami is a small cichlid fish that inhabits the scattered lagoons and sites of Lake Magadi (Kenya). Exceptional physiological, morphological, biochemical and behavioural adaptations allow the fish to tolerate ...

The Kenyan mountain bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus isaaci) is an endangered Tragelaphine antelope sub-species endemic to Mt. Kenya- Aberdare ecosystems. This antelope has currently been reduced to pockets of small populations ...