Scales, now in technicolor Red and yellow and… at least 70 other colours. A genetically engineered fish has skin cells in all the colours of the rainbow and then some. Its beauty is more than ...

Most iridescent fish shine because of structures in their scales or skin, but the transparent ghost catfish gets its shine from prism-like structures in its muscle fibres By Leah Crane 13 March 2023 ...

These transparent fish turn rainbow with white light. Now, we know why. Light gets diffracted by repeated structures in the ghost catfish’s muscles ...

Scientists at Duke University created a new line of zebrafish and programmed each cell in the zebrafish’s skin to be a different color, using an adaptation of a technique called “brainbow.” ...

THE local fishermen call them the Rambo fish: their scarred, blackened skin makes them look as if they have survived wars. In fact, these are the first wild fish known to have skin cancer.

Far beneath the waves surrounding the Maldives, there’s a living rainbow in the ocean’s “twilight zone.” Say hello to the rose-veiled fairy wrasse, a colorful species of fish that’s new ...

A pet fish adorned with tooth-like scales is helping biologists tackle a longstanding debate about the origin of teeth, and explore how body structures can be lost and regained during evolution.