Anglerfish are among the ocean’s most bizarre creatures. This group of deep-sea dwellers are best known for the bioluminescent lures dangling from their foreheads to attract predators, but they have ...

2024 Anglerfish earned the name for their unique evolutionary hunting adaptation—a front dorsal fin known as an illicium that functions as a lure. To humans, an illicium may resemble a fishing ...

Yamamoto thinks the unique group of fishing motor neurons found in frogfish suggests that, as a result of evolution, "the ...

A Melanocetus johnsonii anglerfish, also known as the black sea devil. CREDIT: Kory Evans/Rice University. “With their unique traits like bioluminescent lures and large oral gapes, deep-sea ...

“Anglerfish are a perfect example of how life can innovate under extreme constraints,” study co-author and Rice University evolutionary biologist Kory Evans said in a statement. These strange ...

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Characterized by their unique adaptations to extreme environments, anglerfish are known for using lures to attract prey. Researchers at Nagoya University in Japan have discovered in frogfish (a ...

The carnivorous female anglerfish are ambush predators who use unique strategy to obtain prey. They wait patiently in the ...

Anglerfish are best known for their bioluminescent lures, which dangle from their foreheads to attract prey in the perpetual darkness of the deep sea. However, their evolutionary story goes far ...

The midnight zone is not a place for picky eaters. The most iconic feature of the anglerfish, however, is its bioluminescent lure, an appendage derived from a modified dorsal spine. This ...