Anglerfish are among the ocean’s most bizarre creatures. This group of deep-sea dwellers are best known for the bioluminescent lures dangling from their foreheads to attract predators, but they have ...

Deep-sea videos from around the world show how the whipnose anglerfish prefers to swim belly up. By Elizabeth Anne Brown Usually, a belly-up fish isn’t long for this world. But video evidence from the ...

The deep-sea's midnight zone, a realm of crushing pressure and absolute darkness, harbors extraordinary creatures. These animals have evolved remarkab ...

A deep-sea creature with a “long stalk on the head with bioluminescent tips” washed up on a California state park’s shore, officials said. This marks the second Pacific footballfish, a species of ...

As deep-sea weirdos go, they don’t get much more bizarre than anglerfish. But if their nightmarish looks and dangly bioluminescent lures aren’t enough for you, some species of anglerfish have another ...

A new species of anglerfish found in a deep-sea mining zone has been listed among the top 10 new finds by the World Register of Marine Species. The researcher who found the new species hopes the ...

Biofluorescence is most common in marsupials. Opossums, platypuses, wombats and echidnas are all biofluorescent, as is the ...

“Anglerfish are a perfect example of how life can innovate under extreme constraints,” study co-author and Rice University evolutionary biologist Kory Evans said in a statement. These strange and ...

A Pacific football fish washed up on the shore of a California state park, officials said. Michael Benz Unsplash A deep-sea creature with a “long stalk on the head with bioluminescent tips” washed up ...