The light helps lanternfish camouflage themselves from predators lurking below—a trick known as counter-illumination. By matching the faint glow of sunlight from above, they erase their own ...

The twilight zone, or mesopelagic layer, is a hauntingly beautiful stretch of ocean where light diminishes rapidly with depth. Sunlight here is too faint for photosynthesis, leaving a perpetual ...

Animals can often control when they produce light, and they make use of it in many different ways. Even in one organism bioluminescence can have multiple uses. In the deep sea, light is used to ...

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Commercial trawlers pulled up four Japanese lanternfish, marking its first record in Taiwan and the southernmost record of the species, researchers said. Photo by Michel Stockman via Unsplash ...

Commercial trawlers pulled up four Japanese lanternfish, marking its first record in Taiwan and the southernmost record of the species, researchers said. Photo by Michel Stockman via Unsplash ...

Commercial trawlers pulled up four Japanese lanternfish, marking its first record in Taiwan and the southernmost record of the species, researchers said. Photo by Michel Stockman via Unsplash ...

Commercial trawlers pulled up four Japanese lanternfish, marking its first record in Taiwan and the southernmost record of the species, researchers said. Photo by Michel Stockman via Unsplash ...

Commercial trawlers pulled up four Japanese lanternfish, marking its first record in Taiwan and the southernmost record of the species, researchers said. Photo by Michel Stockman via Unsplash ...

Commercial trawlers pulled up four Japanese lanternfish, marking its first record in Taiwan and the southernmost record of the species, researchers said. Photo by Michel Stockman via Unsplash ...

Commercial trawlers pulled up four Japanese lanternfish, marking its first record in Taiwan and the southernmost record of the species, researchers said. Photo by Michel Stockman via Unsplash ...

Commercial trawlers pulled up four Japanese lanternfish, marking its first record in Taiwan and the southernmost record of the species, researchers said. Photo by Michel Stockman via Unsplash ...