Many deep-sea creatures, adapted to life in high-pressure ... Many were quick to compare the fish’s disturbing appearance to extraterrestrial creatures from popular films.

The lightless deep has forced creatures to produce their own forms of illumination, including the viperfish. The deep sea creature also attract its prey using a flashing light light at the end of ...

They used an underwater camera system called Medusa, which uses red light to watch deep-sea creatures without disturbing them, in parts of the ocean so deep natural sunlight does not penetrate.

Therefore sea pigs - and other deep-sea creatures - can look very different on the surface than they do in their natural habitat. The sea pig, for example, is typically more uniform when crawling ...

Their residence attracts shrimp, fish and many other creatures. These deep-sea oases are just some of many areas of the ocean floor that scientists are only beginning to explore, discovering new ...

And unlike the more mainstream animals under the sea — seahorses, sharks, and even deep sea anglerfish — one cool member of the aquatic community isn’t talked about or printed on baby clothes.

“For the most part, we did all of our investigations in the animal’s natural habitat without disturbing them, which is a more natural approach to studying deep-sea animals like this,” Robison ...

Each chapter focuses on a different marine species – from feral goldfish to yeti crabs near hydrothermal vents in the deep sea to the morphing abilities of cuttlefish. Often, these creatures act ...

Animals living in one of Earth’s most extreme ... how the ecosystem functions. “Deep-sea benthic communities have often been seen as low in diversity and biomass due to harsh conditions ...