Anglerfish first colonized the ocean's midnight zone 55 million years ago, during a period of extreme global warming, a new study finds. The bizarre fish adapted to thrive in the deep sea by ...

Many of the animals that the aquarium hopes to put on display are found far below the reach of sunlight, in a region called the midnight zone ... “The best part of my job is working on projects ...

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 ...

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 ...

below the surface in the ocean’s midnight zone, creating a unique challenge for scientists who’ve worked for decades to catalog the mysterious animal. "We’ve invested more than 20 years in ...

(CNN) — Researchers have discovered an unlikely new species within the ocean’s midnight zone: a glowing “mystery mollusk.” Although the apple-size species, named Bathydevius caudactylus ...

As it drifts through the inky blackness of the "midnight zone" in the deep sea ... a pelican eel can scoop up animals larger than its own body, swallowing prey whole while filtering the mouthful ...

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