One of the world's leading brain research centers is shifting away from fruit flies and toward a tiny, transparent fish. The ...

Senckenberg scientist Ralf Britz has joined forces with US researchers Kevin Conway and Kole Kubicek, Texas A&M, to study the evolutionary skeletal development of Danionella dracula, a tiny, ...

Researchers with the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute have captured video of a fish that can see through its own head. It's known as a barreleye fish and has rarely been seen in the past. The ...

Zebrafish are genetically similar to humans and are good models for human biology and disease. Now, researchers at Children's Hospital Boston have created a zebrafish that is transparent throughout ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. The craziest fish we’ve ever seen? Perhaps. (The lanternfish is also a ...

The Pacific barreleye fish, dwelling in the deep ocean, possesses a transparent skull and tubular eyes, showcasing remarkable adaptations for survival. Its unique head shields its eyes from harm while ...

“I was pretty surprised to see a little eye on it,” she wrote on Facebook. “Honestly how is it see-through, where’s it brain, or anything inside for that matter,” another commented on the post. ”I’m ...

Model for future space-going animals with built-in helmets? This is a fish whose eyeballs sit in the middle of its transparent head, getting a wraparound view of the universe. via Monterey Bay ...

Scientists at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) in California, USA have been able to collect more information about the elusive barreleye fish (Macropinna microstoma). The ...

A Tasmanian woman has shared her incredible find on the sand at Bruny Island, mistaking an almost completely transparent fish for a piece of seaweed. “I was pretty surprised to see a little eye on it, ...