Pet guppies often jump out of their tanks. One such accident inspired a new study which reveals how guppies are able to jump so far, and suggests why they do it. If you've owned a pet guppy, you ...

Many a child has asked why the guppy jumped; ... a wild guppy species from the island of Trinidad and the forebear to the familiar pet shop fish. During that 2011 project, ...

"The Noronha guppy population is indeed from the same species as the one on the mainland, mainly the ones in northeast Brazil, where only two genetic differences (in 610 bases pairs) were found ...

One such species -- the South American guppy (Poecilia vivipara) -- is a small freshwater fish which looks nowhere equipped to cross the distance between the mainland and the Fernando de Noronha ...

Male guppy with orange spots. A. PRICE. Orange spots on prawn pincers may take advantage of the fact that guppies happen to like the color, according to new research published today (May 15) in ...

Researchers from The University of Western Australia have found that female guppy fish are highly selective when it comes to choosing the father of their babies. In a study published in the ...

Together with Hilary Bierman, Soares recorded and analyzed the jumping behavior of Poecilia reticulata, a wild guppy species from Trinidad and the forebear to the guppies found in pet shops. Their ...

COLLEGE PARK, Md - If you've owned a pet guppy, you know they often jump out of their tanks. Many a child has asked why the guppy jumped; many a parent has been stumped for an answer. Now a study ...