It took nearly four hours, a 2-mile chase across a Texas lake and nerves of steel-but angler Art Weston just landed what could be the heaviest freshwater fish ever caught on a 2-pound test line. The ...

Anglerfish lures evolved from simple motion into glowing tools that help them hunt, communicate, and survive in the deep ...

In May 2021, a Pacific footballfish washed ashore at Crystal Cove State Park in Newport Beach, California. Still in good condition, the rare fish featured spikes along its body, sharp teeth, and a ...

Deep-sea anglerfish illuminate their pitch-black home using a lure that contains a colony of bioluminescent symbiotic bacteria, but now researchers have discovered that one anglerfish species creates ...