Some animals attempt to camouflage themselves for protection—such as this pipefish, which is pretending to be the stick it’s carrying through the night sea in Anilao, Philippines.

From worms with squid-like tentacles to fish with teeth on their tongues, here are some of the most alien-looking creatures ...

When we think of deep ocean creatures adapting to the dark, bioluminescent jellyfish or the glowy lures of an anglerfish come to mind. But other deep sea animals have adapted in the other ...

6 Incredible Glow-In-The-Dark Sea Creatures. ByShaena Montanari, Former Contributor. Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Apr 30, 2016, ...

14 Sea Creatures That Glow in the Dark ©Sea Pens. Image via Openverse. The depths of our oceans hold mysteries that continue to fascinate scientists and ocean enthusiasts alike.

In a new study, scientists report that deep-sea corals that lived 540 million years ago may have been the first animals to glow, far earlier than previously thought.

When a massive one, nicknamed the Blob, struck the U.S. West Coast from 2014 to 2016, it killed off swaths of shallow sea life, and the daily migrations of twilight zone animals shifted about 330 ...

NEWPORT BEACH – About 100 glow-in-the-dark sea creatures called pyrosomes washed ashore Tuesday at Corona del Mar State Beach, making for an interesting but not especially rare spectacle.A soft ...

Most fluorescent marine creatures have been found in shallower water, for instance this tube anemone, Cerianthus membranaceus from the Mediterranean Sea. Image: Jörg Wiedenmann ...

Sea pickles, for example, captivated a surgeon named Thomas Henry Huxley in 1851, who described the animals as “miniature pillars of fire gleaming out of the dark sea” while onboard the ...

Many animals can glow in the dark. In a new study, scientists report that deep-sea corals that lived 540 million years ago may have been the first animals to glow, far earlier than previously thought.

Scientists have known for years that some insects and sea creatures glow in UV light, but had never seen the trait in mammals before the platypus discovery. The evolutionary purpose of glow-in-the ...