Characterized by their unique adaptations to extreme environments, anglerfish are known for using lures to attract prey. Researchers at Nagoya University in Japan have discovered in frogfish (a ...

Distinguished by its unusual morphology and a reproductive system based on something called "sexual parasitism," the anglerfish represents a study in how life adapts to severe environmental ...

Female anglerfish have long been thought to use the long, fishing rod-like lures that protrude from their heads to attract prey. Now, a new study published March 27 in the journal Ichthyology & ...

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Researchers have uncovered in anglerfish a specialized motor neuron population for the first dorsal fin used for 'fishing'. When the first dorsal fin evolved from a swimming and buoyancy aid to a ...

A multi-institutional team of oceanographers and marine biologists has found evidence showing that some deep-sea species of anglerfish spend their entire lives swimming upside down. In their paper ...

Reproduction is central to the survival of all living organisms. Over millions of years, animal species on Earth have evolved a remarkable variety of mating strategies, ranging from physical fights ...

Deep-sea videos from around the world show how the whipnose anglerfish prefers to swim belly up. By Elizabeth Anne Brown Usually, a belly-up fish isn’t long for this world. But video evidence from the ...