A team of researchers led by the University of California San Diego’s Jacobs School of Engineering and Scripps Institution of Oceanography have discovered what’s responsible for making the teeth of ...

Researchers say the tiny crystalline structures in the predator’s fangs could inspire strong, see-through materials. By Wudan Yan Unassuming dragonfish lurk in the twilight zone, more than 1,600 feet ...

In the deep sea, dragonfish lure smaller fish near their gaping jaws with beardlike attachments capped with a light. But the teeth of the pencil-sized predators don’t gleam in that glow. Instead, ...

Deep-sea creatures have evolved some fascinating adaptations such as bioluminescence, eyes that can see in low light, and mouths that can engulf much larger prey. Scientists have found what makes the ...

In the darkness of the ocean’s midnight zone the deep-sea dragonfish, glows with bioluminescence to lure prey before striking with its transparent, sabre-like teeth. The transparency makes the teeth ...