The Human Brain's "GPS System" May Date Back 400 Million Years, New Nature Study on Zebrafish Suggests

Despite lacking a hippocampus entirely—and having diverged from the mammalian lineage roughly 400 million years ago—larval ...
Forbes

Fluorescent Transgenic Fish Escape Captivity Into Atlantic Forest Creeks Of Brazil

Transgenic zebrafish, or zebra danio (Danio rerio), have been bioengineered into a patented and trademarked brand of genetically modified (GM) fluorescent fish and marketed as “GloFish”. (Credit: ...
Labroots

Genetically Modified, Fluorescent Fish Escape Farms & Multiply in the Wild

Zebrafish are a great research model. They develop quickly and in their early stages, they remain transparent. The little fish are easy and inexpensive to raise and can reproduce more frequently and ...
Salon

Electric eel zaps do more than just stun — they can alter the DNA of their victims, study suggests

When scientists attempt to transfer genetic material into an organism, they often use an electric field, a technique called "electroporation," that makes cell walls more permeable. This sophisticated ...
Phys.org

Zebrafish larvae's camouflage control traced to specific eye and brain cells

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 ...
ucdavis.edu

Using Glowing Fish to Detect Harmful Pesticides

Sean Burgess (right) and Bruce Draper, professors in the UC Davis College of Biological Sciences, are using zebrafish to detect chemicals that may cause reproductive harm. The GloNad fish glow red or ...