Stories by Axel Meyer

Axel Meyer is a professor of zoology and evolutionary biology at the University of Konstanz in Germany. His research focuses on the origins of adaptations and biodiversity at both the molecular and organismal levels. He was among the first scientists to use DNA sequences to study species differences and speciation. Credit: Nick Higgins

Evolution

The Extraordinary Evolution of Cichlid Fishes

Cichlid fishes have undergone a mind-boggling degree of speciation. New research is revealing features of their genomes that primed them to diversify so spectacularly

May 21, 2017 — Axel Meyer

Evolution

The Remarkable Throat Jaws of Cichlid Fish

This weird adaptation may have helped cichlids evolve their spectacular diversity of forms

April 9, 2015 — Axel Meyer

Evolution

The Extraordinary Evolution of Cichlid Fishes

Cichlid fishes have undergone a mind-boggling degree of speciation. New research is revealing features of their genomes that primed them to diversify so spectacularly

April 6, 2015 — Axel Meyer

Ecology

Nicaragua Canal Could Wreak Environmental Ruin

Two scientists advocate for an environmental assessment of plans for a 300-kilometer waterway joining the Pacific and Atlantic oceans

February 24, 2014 — Axel Meyer, Jorge A. Huete-Pérez and Nature magazine

Evolution

Cichlids of the Rift Lakes

The extraordinary diversity of cichlid fishes challenges entrenched ideas of how quickly new species can arise

February 1, 1999 — Melanie L. J. Stiassny and Axel Meyer