Some stickleback fish fathers can have long-term effects on the behavior of their offspring, researchers report. The most attentive fish dads cause their offspring to behave in a way that makes them ...

Certain types of tapeworm make sticklebacks behave carelessly and thus become easier prey for birds. A team of biologists have now demonstrated for the first time that the tapeworm not only influences ...

The postglacial adaptive radiation of the threespine stickleback fish (Gasterosteus aculeatus) has been widely used to investigate the roles of both adaptive evolution and plasticity in behavioral and ...

Stickleback fish fathers can cause their offspring to behave in a way that makes them less susceptible to predators. Researchers report that long-term effects on the behavior of their offspring are ...

Large numbers of three-spined stickleback have gradually taken over larger parts of the Baltic Sea's coastal ecosystem, shows a new scientific study. Stickleback is a small prey fish common in aquatic ...

It’s a fact of life in the animal world that some fish (and birds, mammals, reptiles, insects, crustaceans — you name it) eat their young. The three-spined stickleback, a species found around much of ...

Sept. 30 (UPI) --Like humans, fish experience "baby brain," a decline in cognitive function caused by chemical changes triggered by pregnancy, childbirth and parental caregiving. Typically, new moms ...

Parasites passed on via the food chain often influence the behaviour of their host to their own benefit. One example of this is the tapeworm Schistocephalus solidus, which makes three-spined ...