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Published online 19 June 2001 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news010621-4

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Fish fission found

Different tastes may be driving one species of fish into two.

In a small west African lake, one fish species seems to be well on the way to becoming two. This fission supports the idea that species can divide without being separated in space or time.

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