Environmentalists and water resources officials from Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania the three countries that share the lake, say the increasing pollution is endangering aquatic life and putting at risk ...

Around the islands inside Lake Victoria, Tanzania, two new species of fish are on the hunt for snails. Omar via Unsplash In Lake Victoria, the largest tropical lake in the world, rocky outcrops ...

The new species were found in the Tanzania region of Lake Victoria, in east-central Africa. The research team includes Anna Mahulu and Ole Seehausen. Irene Wright is a McClatchy Real-Time reporter.

Around the islands inside Lake Victoria, Tanzania, two new species of fish are on the hunt for snails. Omar via Unsplash In Lake Victoria, the largest tropical lake in the world, rocky outcrops ...

Around the islands inside Lake Victoria, Tanzania, two new species of fish are on the hunt for snails. Omar via Unsplash In Lake Victoria, the largest tropical lake in the world, rocky outcrops ...

Around the islands inside Lake Victoria, Tanzania, two new species of fish are on the hunt for snails. Omar via Unsplash In Lake Victoria, the largest tropical lake in the world, rocky outcrops ...

Around the islands inside Lake Victoria, Tanzania, two new species of fish are on the hunt for snails. Omar via Unsplash In Lake Victoria, the largest tropical lake in the world, rocky outcrops ...

Around the islands inside Lake Victoria, Tanzania, two new species of fish are on the hunt for snails. Omar via Unsplash In Lake Victoria, the largest tropical lake in the world, rocky outcrops ...

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