Chugging along the ocean’s surface off the coast of Brazil, scientists trawled the watery depths, searching. They hauled in the net and found a horned creature caught in it. Looking closer, they ...

Scientists have shined a light on one of the creepier denizens of the deep sea, a pitch-black creature that can turn itself into a living lamp called the dragonfish. New research helps explain one of ...

In the deep sea, dragonfish lure smaller fish near their gaping jaws with beardlike attachments capped with a light. But the teeth of the pencil-sized predators don’t gleam in that glow. Instead, ...

Off the coast of San Diego, 500 meters under the sea, pencil-sized sea monsters grin pitch-black smiles because their mouths are filled with transparent teeth. An investigation into this unique ...

A team of researchers led by the University of California San Diego have discovered what's responsible for making the teeth of the deep-sea dragonfish transparent. This unique adaptation, which helps ...

The deep-sea dragonfish is one of the most mysterious and fearsome creatures lurking in the ocean's depths. Known as a top predator in the deep sea, this fish has evolved incredible adaptations to ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. You might expect something called a deep-sea dragonfish to be a fearsome leviathan of the deep, ...

The highfin dragonfish is the rarest species in this deep-sea group. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Marine biologists aboard an ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. A deep-sea fish can hide its enormous, ...

A team of researchers led by the University of California San Diego’s Jacobs School of Engineering and Scripps Institution of Oceanography have discovered what’s responsible for making the teeth of ...

The transparent teeth of the deep-sea dragonfish help camouflage the dragonfish from their prey. The unique adaptation results from their teeth having an unusually crystalline nanostructure mixed with ...