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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Teeth first evolved as sensory organs, not for chewing, according to a new analysis of animal fossils. The first tooth-like structures seem to have been sensitive nodules on the skin of early fish ...

The future of burn and wound care is looking fishy—in a good way. New research suggests that a greater variety of fish skins can be used as wound dressings than currently assumed. Researchers at ...

Leader and Health Forget aesthetics, the reason to look after our skin should be health New research shows that ensuring the skin is in excellent condition should be a priority for anyone who ...

How fish guts might play a role in future skin care products Date: September 5, 2024 Source: American Chemical Society Summary: There are some pretty strange ingredients in cosmetics and skin care ...

THIS vibrant individual is among the greatest living embodiments of a rainbow seen in nature. The rose-veiled fairy wrasse (Cirrhilabrus finifenmaa) is a newly described species, having long been ...

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 ghost catfish transforms from glassy to glam when white light passes through its mostly transparent body. Now, scientists know why. The fish’s iridescence comes from light bending as it ...

The suckermouth armoured catfish is commonly found in pet shops and, unusually for a bony fish, has tooth-like structures called odontodes covering its skin.

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.