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 ...

Anglerfish live in the deep ocean where sunlight can’t reach. To survive, they rely on bioluminescence — the ability to produce light. Special bacteria live inside a lure on the fish’s head. These ...

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 ...

A groundbreaking Rice University study sheds light on the extraordinary evolution of anglerfish, a group of deep-sea dwellers whose bizarre adaptations have captivated scientists and the public alike.

Beachcombers stumbled upon the fish south of Cannon Beach, a small coastal town in northwest Oregon. Seaside Aquarium via Facebook Beachcombers walking along the coast of Oregon were in for a surprise ...

Evolving roughly 27 different times in the long history of fish, bioluminescence -- the biological production of light -- is one of the flashier survival tools used for luring prey, communication, and ...

pt. I, Five different bioluminescence systems : -- 1. A marine crustacean : bioluminescent fishes as plagiarists and thieves -- 2. Jelly fish and green fluorescent protein : a soft coral, a ...

OREGON, USA — An "unusually fascinating" fish that is known to emit a bioluminescent glow thousands of feet beneath the ocean's surface has appeared on the Oregon coast. A local aquarium that posted ...

“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 ...