New camera sheds light on mate choice of swordtail fish

Tuesday, September 16, 2014 - 11:30 in Biology & Nature

We have all seen a peacock show its extravagant, colorful tail feathers in courtship of a peahen. Now, a group of researchers have used a special camera developed by an engineer at Washington University in St. Louis to discover that female northern swordtail fish choose their mates based on a similar display.

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