Behold the frogfish. This bizarre creature really is a fish, despite its bullfrog face, pectoral fins that look like webbed feet, and a froglike mouth that snaps up unsuspecting prey. But the way it ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hairy frogfish (Antennarius striatus) feed on crustaceans and fish such as flounder. They use a modified first dorsal fin spine ...

"Who is this alien?" is Mashable’s enduring series about the exceptionally peculiar critters that inhabit a relatively small, ocean-dominated world in the outer realms of the Milky Way galaxy, called ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Anglerfish are some of the most bizarre and fearsome ...

Many animals rely on the ability to camouflage to avoid detection from predators, but in the case of the frogfish, camouflage is used to lure in its prey. The frogfish is one of the most peculiar ...

Some frogfish eat other frogfish. These carnivorous fish are ambush predators and will snatch at most things that swim past them. As you can see in the clip, their hunting style is to stay very still ...

The chances that you've ever seen a hairy frogfish before are slim, but they are some of the quickest vertebrate predators in the world for a specific reason. With a strange appearance and extremely ...

Finding a frogfish is the tough part. Once you do, taking photos of it is relatively easy, since they remain motionless in an attempt to evade detection. Looking at them, it is hard to imagine how ...