and lights up with brilliant bioluminescence. The team published a description of the animal, nicknamed the "mystery mollusk," in the journal Deep-Sea Research Part I. "Thanks to MBARI's advanced ...

From their bioluminescent blue light to their needle-like teeth, these deep-sea fish are like vampires; they're born for life in the dark. Heck, even vampires might be scared of these creepy ocean ...

Watch fish expert Ollie Crimmen explain more about these deep-sea dwellers. Lanternfishes have light-producing organs on their bodies that are called photophores. This light is created by a chemical ...

The benefits of bioluminescence are as diverse and varied as the species that possess this luminous capability, indicating that there is not one singular reason for its existence. For deep-sea ...

Similar organs housing bioluminescent bacteria are found in deep sea anglerfishes and ponyfishes, too. In fact, a 2016 study reports bioluminescent capabilities have evolved at least 27 separate ...

Professor Sophie Scott is joined by James Maclaine, a Curator of fish from the Natural History Museum, who shows her a number of deep sea fish and explains how they use light to communicate in ...

Known as a top predator in the deep sea, this fish has evolved incredible adaptations to survive in underwater areas that have never known so much as a glimpse of sunlight. Dragonfish are found ...

It has bioluminescent organs called photophores that produce flashes of light and prefers free-floating debris from the surface to blood. Look, here comes a blobfish! This thrilling deep-sea fish ...