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Scientists Find First Ultra-Black Color in Deep-Sea Fishes

While out collecting invertebrates for research, Karen Osborn, a research zoologist...

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The Ultra-Black Pacific Blackdragon

The ultra-black Pacific blackdragon (Idiacanthus antrostomus) is the...

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Bobtail Squid Shimmers

Within hours of birth, the Hawaiian bobtail squid attracts bioluminescent bacteria,...

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Light Painting of a Jellyfish

What does a bioluminescent creature that lives more than 2 miles below the surface...

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Sea Walnut (Mnemiopsis leidyi)

This ctenophore (a stingless jellyfish-like animal) is native to the east coast of...

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Midwater Squid, Abralia veranyi

Glowing photophores are visible on this midwater squid (Abralia veranyi) viewed...

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Lanternfish

This lanternfish (Diaphus sp.), found in the Red Sea, has light-producing...

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Bioluminescing Dinoflagellate

Sunset? Time to glow! A biological clock triggers bioluminescence in the...

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Artist Shih Chieh Huang

Artist Shih Chieh Huang assembling one of his installations. Huang was a...

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Deep-Sea Dragonfish

The deep-sea dragonfish (Stomiidae), also called the barbeled dragonfish, uses it's...

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Elephant Seals Laze on the Beach

These southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) may look like beach bums, but when...

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X-Ray Image of a Tropical Hatchetfish

Tropical hatchetfish (Argyropelecus lychnus), like the one shown in this X-ray...