To try to make a dent in this problem, Tepper and her colleagues genetically engineered zebra fish and fruit flies so that ...

Imagine drifting through the blue depths of the ocean, where sunlight fades and strange shapes loom in the gloom. Suddenly, ...

Some reef fish have the unexpected ability to move their jaws from side to side, biologists at the University of California, ...

Diel vertical migration is a daily, up-and-down form of migration practiced by various types of marine organisms.

Researchers discovered tiny features on sculpins' fins which may enable them to cling firmly in harsh underwater environments.

Flies, worms, and fish with rapid development and characterized genetics ... Learn about our Editorial Policies. These organisms are also successful models because of their versatility. “The best ...

The tentacles are the man-of-war's second organism. These long ... covered in venom-filled nematocysts used to paralyze and kill fish and other small creatures. For humans, a man-of-war sting ...

The world’s most misunderstood fish reposes in pickled splendor on a shelf of the basement archives at the Australian Museum’s Ichthyology Collection, in Sydney. The smeary flesh of Mr. Blobby ...

Body fossil – The remains of part (or all) of an actual organism. In the kits, the trilobite (2), brachiopod (3), dinosaur bone (4), horse tooth (5), petrified wood (6), graptolite (7), fish (8), ...

An organism suitable for studying a specific trait, disease, or phenomenon, due to its short generation time, characterized genome, or similarity to humans; examples are a fly, fish, rodent or pig ...