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, ...

They could be the tiniest heroes in the war against cancer. Transparent fish with human-like genes are allowing scientists to solve the mystery of how cancer grows and spreads. Tanks at Harvard ...

Researchers have developed powerful new techniques to see in unprecedented detail how blood-forming cells develop in zebrafish. The scientists have used this system to transplant blood cells with ...

A fish biologist and her team spotted a see-through fish in Alaskan waters recently. It’s a rarely-seen blotched snailfish. "Been hoping to see one of these in person for a long time! Blotched ...

Ice particles from Saturn’s rings are falling into the planet’s atmosphere. In part because the particles vaporize, energy is released, heating up and making the sky glow at ultraviolet wavelengths, ...

"We are always amazed at what we find washing up along the Gulf beaches during our weekly beach surveys," Tunnell said. Ariana is the assistant news editor of Chron. Her stories focus on space, ...

We now know how ghost catfish get their rainbow shine. These small fish, popular for home aquariums because of their near-complete transparency, get their iridescence from fibres in their muscles, ...

MOSS LANDING, CA — Researchers at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute recently solved the half-century-old mystery of a fish with tubular eyes and a transparent head. Ever since the ...