Some deep-sea fish may be able to see light in a different way from most other vertebrates, according to a new study. The ...
A newly discovered visual cell in deep-sea fish larvae is reshaping long-held assumptions about how vertebrates see the world.
The deep sea is cold, dark and under immense pressure. Yet life has found a way to prevail there, in the form of some of Earth’s strangest creatures. Since deep-sea critters have adapted to near ...
Researchers have identified a new type of visual cell in deep-sea fish larvae that challenges a century of knowledge about ...
A research group consisting of Project Researcher Rei Uesaka, Associate Professor Kentaro Sakamoto, Professor Katsufumi Sato, and Research Director Charles-André Bost of the Chizé Institute of Biology ...
Deep-sea fish have evolved ultra-black skin to absorb nearly all light, rendering them invisible to predators that use bioluminescence. This remarkable adaptation, where skin structures trap light ...
These three fish are freaks, phantoms and mysteries of the deep. Here’s what we’ve learned from the rare glimpses we’ve had of their lives. The deep sea is one of Earth’s final frontiers. Given its ...