These tough, slimy creatures with small bumps feed on small planktonic microorganisms, which they capture using a ‘mucus net’. Pyrosomes are known to cluster together in large numbers ...

But enmeshed in their trawl nets — which had been dragged 1,000 feet under the waves — were five peculiar creatures. The slimy, serpentine fish, as it turns out, belonged to a previously ...

As oceanic exploration continues, it remains to be seen what other fascinating creatures lurk in the depths of our planet. Yet fakeries abound across the internet, leaving readers and social media ...

13 in the journal Scientific Reports. The slimy creatures were found to emit a “continuous green light.” “Biofluorescence of the terrestrial snail genus Phuphania. (A–C) Adults of P.

Scientists found a “rare” slimy creature hiding in “brackish water” of Japan and the Philippines and discovered a new species. Photo from Hirozumi Kobayashi via Huang, Hibino, Balisco and ...

In a murky river of southern Japan, a slimy creature with “pointed” teeth burrowed into the mud. Its shadowy habitat and cryptic looks helped it go largely unnoticed and, when occasionally ...