That African countries trade too little with each other is a well-worn gripe among the continent’s policymakers. Officially, ...

Variations of coconut fish curry abound up and down the Swahili Coast, so much so that the dish is often broadly referred to as East African fish curry. This version of coconut fish curry leans ...

More and more Zambians are finding their fortune not at the copper mines, but in the water. 27-year-old Sibongile Nthani is ...

In the offshore waters of the Gulf of Mexico, resides one of the coolest, most prehistoric-looking fish. It happens to be one of the best to eat but also one of the most elusive. Found around the ...

Colin Attwood is a professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Cape Town. He has dedicated his ...

Africa is the only continent with large, natural tropical lakes, and boasts around 1.3 million square kilometers of freshwater resources, including lakes, rivers, reservoirs, floodplains and swamps.

Variations in water quality can impact the development of the visual system of one species of African fish, suggests a new study. Variations in water quality can impact the development of the visual ...

Africa’s freshwater fish are on the decline, according to a recent report by the World Wide Fund for Nature. In Lake Victoria, Africa’s largest lake, fish catches have dropped sharply as pollution, ...

(May 22 is the U.N.'s International Day for Biological Diversity) By Wendell Roelf CAPE TOWN, May 21 (Reuters) - Predatory imported fish including trout, bass and carp are crowding out many local ...

Fish stocks along the West African coast have declined significantly over the past five decades, threatening food security and the livelihoods of the fishing communities that depend on them, according ...