Please note that, unlike his equally excellent “Indisputable facts about the hedgehog,” Ze Frank’s “True facts about the angler fish” is actually loaded with actual, real, bona fide, scientifically ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Anglerfish and comedy always seemed like a ...

Anglerfishes are some of the most mysterious and interesting creatures in the deep. Their beautiful bioluminescent lures and strange mating habits, however, are only the tip of the iceberg. There are ...

Anglerfish are the stuff of nightmares. National Geographic called the other-worldly terrors from the deep "possibly the ugliest animal on the planet," and they're definitely not wrong. Everything ...

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Chances are the only time you've seen an anglerfish alive was an animated version in "Finding Nemo." Last week, it was the anglerfish that just kept swimming, a phenomenon that's given the tiny ...

Anglerfish mating is a familiar story: Boy meets girl, boy becomes attached to girl, their bodies and bloodstreams fuse as one, and the pair reproduces happily until the male fish dies. This ...

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I've always been fascinated by marine animals. But it wasn't until I was watching Finding Nemo that I learned about some of the seemingly terrifying creatures that lurk in the ocean's depths. If you ...