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, with millions ...

Those looking to spice up their aquariums with some controversial little fish will get the chance this week — though they may have trouble immediately finding the genetically engineered, ...

Biotech entrepreneurs on Friday unveiled plans to market the nation’s first genetically engineered pet -- a tropical zebra fish infused with the gene of a sea anemone that makes it glow fluorescent ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., May 7 (UPI) --A unique long-term study at the University of Purdue offered biologists the chance to study evolution in real time -- a first. Over several years, researchers ...

At my house we like our pets small, self-contained, and low maintenance. Beautiful, unusual, or weird is even better. But genetically modified? And only $5 each from the local pet store? How could I ...

BATTLE has begun over the genetic future of our pets. In January, Yorktown Technologies of Texas plans to market the GloFish, a zebra fish genetically modified to fluoresce red. It is not the first GM ...

California was derided by some when the Fish and Game Commission voted last month to ban sales of the first genetically modified pet, the GloFish. But the state's review for environmental safety was ...

The first-ever genetically engineered pet, a zebra fish whose DNA makeup has been tweaked to make it glow bright pink under a black light, should be regulated by the Food and Drug Administration, ...