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

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...