A new collaboration including scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego shows a new mechanism in fish eyes that boosts the retina's oxygen supply more ...

A research team from the Centre for Organismal Studies (COS) of Heidelberg University has demonstrated that complex retinal tissue can be cultured in a Petri dish from embryonic stem cells of bony ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A Purdue University student's research project related to zebrafish eye development could lead to a better understanding of vision problems that affect billions of people ...

UC Davis scientists conduct research about fish and floodplains on the Yolo Bypass in California's Central Valley. (UC Davis) If you look deep into the eyes of a fish, it will tell you its life story.

Mercury pollution is a global threat to human health, especially to unborn babies and young children. Exposure to methylmercury, a type that forms when mercury washes into lakes and streams, can harm ...

Schools of fish are mesmerizing examples of collective animal behavior. Thousands of individuals move in near-perfect synchrony, despite each fish having only a limited view of their surroundings. How ...

A recent study suggests that zebrafish have four sleep substates, just like humans do—and one of them is akin to an afternoon ...

If you look deep into the eyes of a fish, it will tell you its life story. Scientists demonstrate that they can use stable isotopic analysis of the eye lenses of freshwater fish -- including ...