With no official known cause, fans of the six-inch fish have created narratives about why the deep sea-dweller swam directly toward the surface.

A Rice University study sheds light on the extraordinary evolution of anglerfish, a group of deep-sea dwellers whose bizarre adaptations have captivated scientists and the public alike. The ...

Spanish researchers recently shared images of a deep-sea anglerfish swimming horizontally in shallow waters, capturing a rare moment with a fish not often seen by humans.

A team of deep-sea explorers were recently scouring Monterey Bay in California when they spotted the rare dreamer anglerfish with ultra-black skin.

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 ...

A deep-sea anglerfish was recently spotted swimming in broad daylight in the Canary Islands. The sighting is rare as the fish typically stays in the depths of the ocean below the sunlight zone.

Social media users are reacting to the rare sighting of a black seadevil anglerfish that was spotted on the surface of the water near Tenerife island in Spain.

Deep-sea anglerfish rare sighting in shallow waters The scary-looking fish is usually to be found more than a mile below the surface, where little to no light penetrates. Credit: David Jara Boguna ...