A transparent zebrafish will allow scientists to study the spread of cancer and other biological phenomena. Image courtesy of Richard White Zebrafish embryos are a staple of developmental biology: the ...

After decades of eluding human detection, a deep-sea fish with a transparent skull has finally been captured on camera. This remarkable creature offers fresh insights into the unique biology of ...

This spring, White and his colleagues announced that they had bred a new, see-through, zebrafish. The animals’ transparent skin gives scientists a clear view of developmental processes, such as tumor ...

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 ...

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, ...

It is unique in the animal world thanks to its astonishingly clear blood. A Japanese aquarium has revealed its latest exhibit, a a rare 'ice fish' believed to be the only one in captivity anywhere in ...

This amazing barreleye fish really does have eyes in the back of his head. Accustomed to living in the pitch-black of the deep sea, the animal has developed this unique and incredibly useful ability ...

Deep in the ocean's twilight zone, a creature with a remarkable adaptation thrives: the barreleye fish. This unusual fish possesses tubular eyes that can rotate upwards, allowing it to peer through ...

Marine biologists recently solved the half-century-old mystery of a fish with tubular eyes and a transparent head. This fish's unusual eyes can rotate within a transparent shield that covers the ...

For the first time, Florian Engert and his team mapped every firing neuron in a living animal. Richard Schultz In televised remarks from the East Room of the White House on April 2, 2013, President ...

Found only in Northern California's Clear Lake and its tributaries, the Clear Lake hitch isn't your average-sized minnow: It weighs in at almost a pound. Hitch migrate each spring, when adults make ...