A rare video of an anglerfish swimming to the surface of the ocean is going viral right now, but people are learning that the beautiful video comes with a tragic ending. The clip started going ...

We've created a creepy Creature Diorama, a giant Anglerfish that dazzles a diver with a glowing light above its head. Is ...

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View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. Krøyer’s deep-sea anglerfish, Ceratias holboelli, does not spawn, copulate, or do anything a fish would ordinarily do to mate. Instead, the ...

A mile or more down in the lightless ocean, deep-sea anglerfish search for partners. The 162 species of this Ceratioid suborder form odd couples: The males are dwarfed, the females many times ...

Deep sea creatures like the anglerfish look terrifying. Turns out, there’s a reason for that. National Corporate funding for NOVA is provided by Carlisle Companies. Major funding for NOVA is ...

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With its luminous dorsal spine, the anglerfish is well adapted for life in the dark depths of the ocean. But when it comes to relationships, some take a rather unconventional route. Pairings of ...

While this most recent rare fish spotting might not be as rare as spotting a humpback anglerfish, it still has outdoor enthusiasts who were jazzed to spot a longnose lancetfish ( Alepisaurus ferox) on ...

The enormous expanded stomach of a rare hairy anglerfish has intrigued researchers ever since it was caught near the Cape Verde islands in 1999. Little is known about this bizarre deep-sea fish, ...