“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 deep-sea anglerfish was recently spotted swimming in broad daylight in the Canary Islands. The sighting is rare as the fish typically stays in the depths of the ocean below the sunlight zone. It’s ...

In May 2021, a Pacific footballfish washed ashore at Crystal Cove State Park in Newport Beach, California. Still in good condition, the rare fish featured spikes along its body, sharp teeth, and a ...

Deep in the ocean’s pitch-black depths lurks a creature straight out of a horror movie—the black seadevil anglerfish. With ...

A species of anglerfish spends their whole lives swimming upside down, scientists have found. An international team of researchers published these findings in a new study in the Journal of Fish ...

A deep-sea anglerfish, known to live at depths between 2,000 and 3,300 feet, was found washed ashore on an Oregon beach by beachcombers. The rarely seen specimen, also known as a Pacific football fish ...

A team of deep-sea explorers were recently scouring Monterey Bay off the coast of California when something strange and unexpected emerged in the distance. On first glance, it appeared be a shadowy ...

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 ...

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 ...