Source: National Geographic
Author: Elizabeth Anne Brown
In the darkness of the oceans’ depth, fish have evolved a strategy to become nearly invisible to prey.
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18 April, 2018
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22 March, 2018
Source: Science Magazine
Author: Katie Langin
Anglerfish, with their menacing gape and dangling lure, are among the most curious inhabitants of the deep ocean. Scientists have hardly ever seen them alive in their natural environment. That’s why a new video, captured in the waters around Portugal’s Azores islands, has stunned deep-sea biologists. It shows a fist-size female anglerfish, resplendent with bioluminescent lights and elongated whiskerlike structures projecting outward from her body. And if you look closely, she’s got a mate: A dwarf male is fused to her underside, essentially acting as a permanent sperm provider.
7 August, 2015
Source: CNN
Author: Ben Brumfield
The new species of Ceratioid anglerfish lives in dark ocean depths nicknamed the “midnight zone.” Researchers described the new anglerfish species in a study published in the journal Copeia, dedicated to research on fish, amphibians and reptiles.
Continue reading New scary-looking fish species comes from the ocean’s dark depths