GloFish, as they’re called, are fish that have been genetically modified by scientists into fancier, more colorful versions of themselves by using genes snatched from other organisms ...

But for opponents of transforming animals through bioengineering, the red glow emanating from the new GloFish might as well be a five-alarm fire. Because the US government quickly agreed the fish ...

California’s Fish and Game Commission on Wednesday refused to allow the sale of the genetically altered GloFish in the state, with one commissioner saying that it seemed frivolous to tinker with ...

Developed in Singapore for use in environmental research, the GloFish is the first genetically engineered pet to exude vibrant color under a black light. In other words, they glow. The little fish ...

A Texas-based company and a pair of tropical fish farms in Florida plan to market the trademarked GloFish beginning Jan. 5 in every state except California, which has banned all transgenic fish ...

GloFish are the first transgenic animals available to the American public. But what's the biotechnology behind them? Prior to these classic experiments, the idea that the genetic material was a ...

Since Yorktown Technologies first sold its genetically modified pet — the GloFish — in 2003, the fluorescent fish, an altered variety of zebra fish, has become a popular aquarium item ...

Since that time, the company has sold millions of these “GloFish,” which have made their way into various living room aquariums and sushi bars. But now it appears that they may be ending up ...

The original GloFish was a genetically engineered zebrafish, a member of the minnow family, with a gene from a jellyfish that allows it to glow under natural and ultraviolet light. According to ...

A certain little fish is making a big splash this holiday season. It's a designer glow-in-the-dark pet created in a lab, and it's been put on sale just in time for the holiday shopping rush.

Both researchers are watching a merry-looking breed whose trademark name is Glofish – America's first genetically engineered pet. Courtenay, a USGS research fishery biologist and specialist in ...

Another simple but fun refresh I wanted to add was an aquarium full of GloFish. These are fish that have had various fluorescent genes inserted into their DNA so they glow incredibly brightly. I ...