A properly dressed male guppy, with its gaudy blue spots and brilliant splashes of orange, can't help but stand out. But for a fish that spends its life swimming among predators, it seems that good ...

Thanks to a unique combination of biology and ecology, the guppies have provided researchers with insights into evolution for decades. Evans and Fitzpatrick have pushed those insights a step further, ...

From our perspective, guppies lead simple lives—eating, reproducing, and, after a couple of years, dying. Apply a little evolutionary pressure, though, and they can evolve larger brains that make them ...

(Andrew Thurber / Oregon State University) A species of Yeti crab (Kiwa puravida) recently discovered at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean may be the world’s deepest farmer. Scientists from the Scripps ...

EAST LANSING, Mich. – On the list of scientific tools that help us understand health, evolution or the environment, the Trinidadian guppy doesn't often come to mind. The fish are more often thought of ...