Open wide! The gaping gob of a pelican eel can expand into a voluminous sac for trapping elusive prey in the dark ocean ...

The extreme depth of the midnight zone has posed a challenge for scientists seeking to understand the unique animals that live there. Investigating Bathydevius and its adaptations could reveal ...

fringed tail and a bioluminescence that makes it glow in the dark of the midnight zone. Initially, researchers struggled to identify which family of animals the mollusk belonged to, hence its ...

caudactylus is a nudibranch, a group of animals commonly known as sea slugs. This particular nudibranch is the first known to live in the deep water column—the ocean’s midnight zone—between ...

Because the animal also had a foot like a snail ... This species lives in the ocean's midnight zone, an expansive environment of open water 1,000 to 4,000 meters (3,300 to 13,100 feet) below ...

The animal’s mouth is at the hood’s back ... Dr. Robison said the team’s discovery added “a new piece” to the midnight-zone puzzle, helping science understand not only unfamiliar ...

It includes the twilight zone and the midnight zone, where strange and delicate animals thrive in the near absence of sunlight. Whales and commercially valuable fish such as tuna rely on animals ...