Researchers at the Leibniz Institute on Aging—Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI) in Jena, in collaboration with international partners, have made a significant breakthrough in killifish research. They ...

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 ...

Like other parts of our bodies, the immune system starts to wear out as we get older, and it can't fight infections as efficiently. Routine vaccinations, like the flu shot, also don't trigger as ...

The annual killifish lives in regions with extreme drought. A research group now reports that the early embryogenesis of killifish diverges from that of other species. Unlike other fish, their body ...

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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 ...

Killifish biology has long intrigued fish enthusiasts and scientists. But human encroachment, habitat loss and climate change are dwindling killifish populations in the wild. Thankfully, collection ...

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 ...

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 ...