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“A Face Only Darwin Could Love”: Meet These 8 Bizarre Marine Creatures

The ocean is bursting with life, filled with creatures of all shapes and sizes. Most people recognize iconic marine animals like the bottlenose dolphin or great white shark. But there’s…

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Cuttlefish Are Some Flashy Creatures

The term “cuttlefish” does not refer to a single species, but rather all animals belonging to the order Sepiida. To make matters just a bit more misleading, cuttlefish aren’t even…

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“That Doesn’t Look Like Mr. Blobby”: Meet the Blobfish as Nature Intended

Many people know about the blobfish (Psychrolutes marcidus) from the viral memes and other images that showed up on newsfeeds and dashboards a couple of years ago. These pictures introduced…

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Getting To Know The Ghost Shark, Which Is Neither A Ghost Nor A Shark

When thinking of bizarre deepwater creatures, the iconic anglerfish or blobfish might come to mind. But the deep ocean is home to a wide array of wildlife, and plenty of…

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“Out of the corner of your eye you spot him”: The Goblin Shark

When people hear the word “shark,” images of the great white or shortfin mako might come to mind before the elusive goblin shark, a deepwater shark that can live almost…

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“Release the Kraken!”: Demystifying the Giant Squid

One of the most recognizable deep-sea creatures in pop culture and folklore, the giant squid (Architeuthis dux) has captured the human imagination for centuries. Aristotle, the famous Greek philosopher, wrote…

Old illustration of a gulper eel opening and closing its mouth

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“That looks nothing like a pelican”: Getting to Know the Elusive Pelican Gulper Eel

The gulper eel, whose scientific name is Eurypharynx pelecanoides, is a bizarre-looking fish that lives deep under the sea. Because these creatures live so far down in the ocean, it’s difficult…

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Ocean’s Best Dressed: Meet The Frilled Shark

Upon first glance at this serpentine creature, you may wonder if you are looking at an eel. The long, snake-like appearance of the frilled shark (Chlamydoselachus anguineus) is thought to…

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Anglerfish Take “Clingy-Ex” to a Whole New Level

Dive far enough down into the ocean, and you’ll reach a place devoid of light but full of organisms known for their extraordinary adaptations to this extreme environment. Many, for…

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New Bizarre Lifeforms Discovered In Pacific

Pacific is full of life, but what is more intriguing is that the deeper we dive, the more bizarre lifeforms we encountered. Just recently biologist from National Oceanic and Atmospheric…

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“A Face Only Darwin Could Love”: Meet These 8 Bizarre Marine Creatures

Cuttlefish Are Some Flashy Creatures

“That Doesn’t Look Like Mr. Blobby”: Meet the Blobfish as Nature Intended

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Getting To Know The Ghost Shark, Which Is Neither A Ghost Nor A Shark

“Out of the corner of your eye you spot him”: The Goblin Shark

“Release the Kraken!”: Demystifying the Giant Squid

“That looks nothing like a pelican”: Getting to Know the Elusive Pelican Gulper Eel

Ocean’s Best Dressed: Meet The Frilled Shark

Anglerfish Take “Clingy-Ex” to a Whole New Level

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New Bizarre Lifeforms Discovered In Pacific

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