Thanks to a yellow pigment that filters out sunlight, barreleyes can't be fooled by a common deep-sea camouflage tactic.

Known for its translucent, submersible-like head, this six-inch deep-sea denizen is rarely seen as it inhabits the ocean’s ...

MBARI researchers have filmed a rarely seen transparent-headed barreleye fish during an expedition off California ...

An incredibly rare deep-sea fish with an eerie transparent head was documented on a recent research mission done by the ...

During a recent expedition aboard the research vessel David Packard, MBARI scientists encountered a rarely seen barreleye ...

Why on Earth would evolution give a fish a transparent head? And what exactly is going on inside it? Meet the barreleye fish, a bizarre deep-sea creature that looks like someone replaced the top of ...

Few deep-sea species will cause an entire research vessel’s crew to rush into the control room to catch a glimpse—but the ...

Nearly 2,000 feet down off Central California, MBARI’s cameras lock onto a barreleye fish and its transparent, jelly-like ...

MBARI scientists film rare barreleye fish with transparent head in 4K, only the eleventh sighting in nearly 40 years of ...

Scientists have captured rare footage of the barreleye fish, a deep-sea creature known for its transparent head and ...

During a recent expedition off the coast of Central California, scientists from Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute ...

How the Pacific barreleye fish uses its unique eyes to see in the deep sea The Pacific barreleye spends most of its life between roughly 600 and 800 metres below the ocean surface, an area often ...