Lake Victoria is turning green. Examining the deadly bacteria behind it. Lakes, natural and man-made, provide water, food and habitats for wildlife, and also support local economies.

In Entebbe, on the Ugandan side of Lake Victoria, fish are also dying, January 2021. ABUBAKER LUBOWA / REUTERS. The smell of rotting fish hangs over the town of Kisumu in eastern Kenya.

In Lake Victoria in Africa, more than 500 species of cichlid fish have evolved to fill a wide range of ecological niches since the lake started to fill with water 17,000 years ago 2.

Two snail-crushing cichlid species, Labrochromis mawe and mawepili, have been discovered in Tanzania’s Lake Victoria, thriving in rocky, illuminated habitats.

A state agency investigating mass fish deaths in Lake Victoria has attributed the crisis to oil spills, decomposing aquatic matter and the discharge of untreated waste into the water.The research ...

As the sun rises over the wetlands on the shores of Lake Victoria, papyrus harvesters set out into the swamps to harvest stalks of papyrus. At the docks, fishermen returning from a night’s work ...

In Lake Victoria, the largest tropical ... Labrochromis mawe, or the stone snail-crusher is a “large growing robust and deep-bodied species with a blunt and wide head,” researchers said.

Two snail-crushing cichlid species, Labrochromis mawe and mawepili, have been discovered in Tanzania’s Lake Victoria, thriving in rocky, illuminated habitats.