An anglerfish’s search for the sun goes viral, but science has a different story
The internet saw this little baby leaving the depths of its home and floating toward the sun and gave it a bit of its own story — albeit one that's likely pretty far from the truth. One post on X said ...
Anglerfish — or folk hero? Why this 6-inch deep-sea fish won over the internet’s hearts
"This could be the first recorded sighting in the world of an adult black devil or abyssal anglerfish (Melanocetus johnsonii) ...
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Researchers and TikTokers shocked by sighting of anglerfish
Recently, researchers off the coast of Tenerife, an island in Spain, were astonished when they found a humpback anglerfish or ‘Melanocetus johnsonii’ (black sea monster) at the surface of the ocean in ...
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Menacing 'demon black fish' has TikTokers in floods of tears but here's the truth
Tiktokers are now obsessed with a mysterious and menacing 'demon black fish' after footage of the fish surfaced – however ...
Meet the Black Seadevil Anglerfish: A Rare Deep-Sea Predator
Dive into the mysterious world of the Black Seadevil Anglerfish, a rare deep-sea predator known for its glowing lure, sharp ...
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An Anglerfish has the internet crying, Scientists are scratching their heads
When the anglerfish was first documented in 1833 along the shores of Greenland by zoologist Johannes Christopher Hagemann ...
Elusive deep-sea predator, the black seadevil spotted off Spain’s coast; video goes viral
Witness the rare sighting of a deep-sea black seadevil anglerfish swimming near the surface off Spain's Canary Islands, a ...
From black seadevil to doomsday fish, 5 deep sea animals that showed up on Earth’s surface for the first time in recent years
In a rare and astonishing event in February 2025, a deep-sea anglerfish—known as the black seadevil—was filmed near the ocean ...