Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. In 2003, a lost fictional clownfish named Nemo swim his way to box ...

How does an animal's brain recognize other animals of its own kind? Scientists studying this process in young zebrafish have now discovered a neuronal circuit that mediates social attraction. This ...

Brain circuits for vision develop without any kind of input from the retina in zebrafish. Animals possess specialized networks of neurons in the brain that receive signals about the outside world from ...

The ability of some animals to dynamically change color to match the brightness of their surroundings is one of nature's great survival tools, allowing flatfish to blend into sandy seabeds, frogs to ...

The decades-old anesthetic ketamine could be a game changer for treating severe depression, but there are still many questions about how the drug works, including exactly how it affects the brain's ...

While the structure of a zebrafish’s brain is significantly different than the structure of a human brain, they share many basic principles of organization and communication. Researchers study ...

A group of scientists, which included researchers from the Ural Federal University (UrFU), have developed and successfully tested a new model of traumatic brain injury (TBI) in zebrafish. The use of ...

Learn more about nanoplastics and how easily they can get into the bloodstream of zebrafish, resulting in buildup in the brain and reproductive organs. According to Stanford Medicine, microplastics ...

Using a virtual reality setup, the team fixed a larval zebrafish fish in place and showed it different visual patterns. The first 10 seconds show the fish at rest. When the fish sees a pattern ...