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 ...
The flashlight fish is not alone in using bacteria as light factories. Similar organs housing bioluminescent bacteria are found in deep sea anglerfishes and ponyfishes, too. In fact, a 2016 study ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Its flexible neck allows it to bend its head back and stick out the lower jaw to reach out and grab fish, squid and crustaceans. Many deep-sea creatures give out blue light called bioluminescence - ...