What has needle-like teeth so large they don’t fit inside its mouth, a huge gaping jaw that completely engulfs its prey, and lives in the ocean zone where sunlight can’t reach? That would be the ...

There are a number of amazing creatures in the depths of Earth’s oceans. Here are some of our favorites…. This shrimp vomits bioluminescent material onto a viperfish to distract it and escape. This ...

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The viperfish uses multiple rod opsins within their eyes and can see color even in the depths of the ocean. (Dr. Wen-Sung Chung / University of Queensland, Australia) Sign up for new weekly newsletter ...

Female anglerfish are noteworthy for the small extensions that grow from their heads — called an esca — which illuminate and are used as bait to lure prey in the deep dark water. The aptly named ...

Here the viperfish is seen "chasing" a hatchetfish.