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 ...

You might expect something called a deep-sea dragonfish to be a fearsome leviathan of the deep, dark ocean — and it is, if you happen to be one of the thumb-size ocean critters the dragonfish calls ...

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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 ...

The deep sea is dark and full of terrors, but perhaps the most terrifying creature of them all is the dragonfish, a jet-black critter with a jutting jaw full of knife-like teeth. But it’s unlikely ...

A new species of Antarctic dragonfish, Akarotaxis gouldae or Banded Dragonfish, has been discovered in waters off the western Antarctic Peninsula. The species, named in honor of the recently ...

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 ...