A deep-sea predator equipped with tubular, light-amplifying eyes and a highly specialized jaw system is capturing scientists' attention for its extraordinary ability to thrive in pitch-black waters.

Deep in the ocean's twilight zone dwells the nightmarish telescopefish. This sea creature looks more like a demon from a horror film than anything else I've seen in nature. It has a Labubu-esque mouth ...

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Lancetfish have washed up in Oregon and California, where a video from 2021 showed the fish flapping its fanged jaw and writhing wildly on the beach.