Scientists Solve the Mystery Behind the Frogfish That Lures and Stuns Prey With a Built-in Hook on Its Head The frogfish, ...

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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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

People who like to fish in Monterey County are invited by state officials to grab their licenses and fishing gear and visit ...

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 ...

Ted Pietsch, a University of Washington ichthyologist, says the lures’ different shapes ... As they start to mature, Pietsch says, the anglerfish will make “the great vertical migration ...

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 ...

Female anglerfish, which grow to about 40 centimetres in length, are fearsome predators who use bioluminescent lures on the ends of their long, dangling snouts to attract curious prey, then gobble ...