Two socializing zebrafish. (Luke A. Hammond & Jeremy Ullmann) Imagine spotting someone across the room at a party, then ...

Biotech engineers in Zurich used micro-sized robots and stem cells to restore normal movement in a mouse whose spinal cord ...

Brain recordings reveal a signal that forecasts zebrafish social behavior seconds before a fish moves toward a companion.

During the first 72 hours in particular, extracellular vesicles—nanoparticles enclosed in cell membranes—play a significant role in the embryonic development of zebrafish. This is the result of a ...

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Melanocytes are a small subset of epidermal cells that play an outsize role in protecting your skin from the damaging effects of sun exposure. They do this by synthesizing melanins, which are pigments ...

Although zebrafish are much smaller and less famous than their terrestrial namesakes, the tiny fish possess a unique ability: They can rapidly change the color of their characteristic stripes from ...

University of Ottawa researchers believe zebrafish may provide clues to understanding how the human nervous system develops since this fish experiences new movements similarly to how babies do after ...