Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A picture of a barreleye fish shows its transparent head and tubular eyes. Why it's awesome: As their name suggests, barreleye ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It seems that the deeper one goes into the sea, the stranger underwater creatures become. For the most part, anyway. Scientists ...

The deep sea is a world unlike any other. It’s a place where strange creatures evolve extraordinary features to survive in near-total darkness. One such creature is the barreleye fish, a species so ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. Who ...

Can you imagine how cool it would be to see out of your forehead? That is what the incredible barreleye fish (Macropinna microstoma) can do. Moreover, a transparent head is not the only impressive ...

The barreleye (Macropinna microstoma) has extremely light-sensitive eyes that can rotate within a transparent, fluid-filled shield on its head. The fish’s tubular eyes are capped by bright green ...

MOSS LANDING, CA — Researchers at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute recently solved the half-century-old mystery of a fish with tubular eyes and a transparent head. Ever since the ...

Thanks to a yellow pigment that filters out sunlight, barreleyes can't be fooled by a common deep-sea camouflage tactic. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

It seems that the deeper one goes into the sea, the stranger underwater creatures become. For the most part, anyway. Scientists from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI), for example, ...