Deep-sea dragonfish possess an unusual weapon that they wield extremely well when it comes to luring, capturing and killing their unlucky prey: invisible, dagger-like teeth lining their gaping mouths.

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 ...

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At first, it appears like a comet burning a copper flame past distant stars, glimmering on its downward trajectory into the unknown. But instead, we find ourselves in the darkest fathoms of the deep ...

The dragonfish is a top predator at the bottom of the sea. A bioluminescent lure on its head and spots on its belly beckon prey, like a lantern draws in moths. The rest of its body, as long as a ...

Nearly 1,000 feet below the ocean surface, researchers in California recently came across an elusive type of deep-sea dragonfish. Spotted by a team from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute ...

A “cunning predator” has been lurking off California’s coast — and researchers said spotting it is a rare gift. The ”stunning deep-sea creature” has only been spotted four times in more than three ...

Researchers in California recently came across an incredibly elusive type of deep-sea dragonfish nearly 1,000 feet below the ocean surface. The highfin dragonfish, Bathophilus flemingi, was recently ...