An Unassuming “Lord” of the Sea

Vancouver Aquarium
With a name like “red Irish lord” (Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus), you kinda half expect this fish to come out a-tappity-tappin’ on its tail. But unlike the Lord of the Dance, this fish isn't Irish. Despite its n...

They Eat Their Own Kind

Vancouver Aquarium
Lee Newman is the Aquarium's curator of tropical waters. There’s no hakuna matata* if you’re a cichlid (“sick-lid”) in Africa’s Lake Malawi. In fact, it’s a fish-eat-fish world in there. Literally. Lee Newm...