WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A Purdue University student's research project related to zebrafish eye development could lead to a better understanding of vision problems that affect billions of people ...

This colorful fan of cells from the eye of a developing zebrafish offers a window into the location of specific cell types and their organelles within a growing eye. Get a closer view of the image Get ...

The study demonstrates that the contralateral eye supplies critical guidance cues for axonal regrowth and behavioral recovery. These findings highlight the zebrafish as a unique model for uncovering ...

The ability of some animals to dynamically change color to match the brightness of their surroundings is one of nature's great survival tools, allowing flatfish to blend into sandy seabeds, frogs to ...

The ability of some animals to dynamically change color to match the brightness of their surroundings is one of nature's ...

Researchers in South Korea found a protein, PROX1, that acts sort of like a molecular gatekeeper, suppressing your body’s natural ability to regrow damaged retinal cells. When the scientists blocked ...

This white sphere on a background of forest green is the eye of an embryonic zebrafish. The eye of an adult zebrafish is about 2.3 millimeters across, or roughly nine times smaller than your thumbnail ...

Researchers have published an atlas of zebrafish development, detailing the gene expression programs that are activated within nearly every cell type during the first five days of development, a ...