A killifish hatches in a temporary rain pool in southeastern Africa, grows up, grows old, and dies in roughly four to six ...

The African turquoise killifish lives in ephemeral ponds in Zimbabwe and Mozambique. To survive the annual dry season, the fish's embryos enter a state of extreme suspended animation or 'diapause' for ...

Scientists at Stanford may have uncovered a hidden reason our brains decline with age. Studying the ultra-short-lived turquoise killifish, researchers discovered that the cellular machinery ...

When the ponds where one African fish lives dry up, its offspring put their lives on pause. And now researchers have a sense for how the creatures do it. African turquoise killifish embryos can halt ...

Aging and neurodegeneration are both known to disrupt the production of functional proteins in cells—a process called "proteostasis," or protein homeostasis. Brain cells in particular fall prey to ...

Tokyo police on March 8 arrested five men on suspicion of illegally breeding and selling killifish that were genetically modified to make them “red and shiny.” Genetically modified organisms can ...

As we age, our muscles start to waste. Called sarcopenia, it happens to us all, yet no one has ever understood why and how it happens. Now new research from the Australian Regenerative Medicine ...

UC Davis research on embryonic killifish reveals new insights into the multi-generational impacts of exposure to crude oil and flame retardants. (Bryan Clark, U.S. EPA) A tiny fish with transparent ...

Scientists have finally explained how the African turquoise killifish has evolved to “press pause” on life to survive drought, allowing embryos to endure extreme environmental stress by halting their ...

Killifish sound much more vicious than they are. These tiny fish adapt and spread far in the wild but make beautiful fish for display in your home. Killifish is a group of around 1,270 species of ...

Turquoise killifish is able to suspend its development for longer than its average lifespan The curious ability of the African turquoise killifish to press pause on its development could have ...