Animal world
How did the fish sent into space by China adapt?
Four zebrafish are doing well after nearly a month in space on China's Tiangong space station, but they are showing signs of disorientation.
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Animal world
Genetically modified glowing fish run away from the farm
Striped fish genetically engineered to glow in different colors escape livestock farms, possibly disrupting biodiversity in the Atlantic forest.
Biology
Why are striped mosquitoes increasingly interested in human blood?
A new study shows that their tastes have changed, they are increasingly fond of human blood and this means an increased ability to transmit disease.
Discover science
People know when to sleep?
The journal Nature published a new study showing that zebrafish sleeps like humans, thus deducing before human ancestors moved away from the marine environment, the slee…
Oceanography
Zebra fish change color to attract mates
A new study finds that zebrafish can also refine their appearance by changing color to attract their partners.
Oceanography
The fish spotted 'ghostly green light'
The zebrafish in England glows blue, which looks very spooky, but actually they are genetically modified to serve medical research. A team of experts from the University…
Oceanography
Zebrafish makes white mice 'arterial anti-clog drug
According to TechnologyReview, researchers at the University of California, San Diego have successfully monitored cholesterol metabolism in genetically modified zebrafis…
Oceanography
Interesting discovery about the strategy of maintaining the breed of horse striped fish
Scientists at Sheffild University have published an interesting discovery about the strategy of maintaining the breed of zebrafish.
Biology
Activated the first regeneration ability in flatworms
Rabbits can't be reborn, frogs are either, but zebrafish and axolotl (a salamander species) can and flat worms are masters of regeneration.
Biology
Produced, successfully cultured commercial zebrafish
The Center for Biotechnology and Applied Science and Technology Application has produced and successfully cultured commercial zebrafish.
Biology
New findings help treat white blood disease
French scientists from the National Center for Scientific Research and the recent Pasteur Research Institute have discovered the growth mechanism of blood-forming stem c…
Biology
Study zebrafish throughout
Genetically, zebrafish are similar to humans and are useful experiments for studying disease and human biology. Currently, scientists from Children's Hospital Boston hav…
Biology
Human gene changes color of fish
Scientists have changed mutated yellow zebrafish to a yellowish white standard fish with dark stripes, by inserting the pigmentation genes into fry. In one
Animal world
The heart of the zebrafish can self-grow
When a zebrafish part of the heart is cut off, cardiac stem cells combine with the cell layer on the wound's surface to create new tissues, replacing the lost part, US s…