This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Anglerfish and comedy always seemed like a ...

A pair of images authentically shows the same species of anglerfish, one of which is small enough to fit in the palm of a hand. In late September 2025, a Reddit thread (archived) claiming to show "a ...

Anglerfish mating is a familiar story: Boy meets girl, boy becomes attached to girl, their bodies and bloodstreams fuse as one, and the pair reproduces happily until the male fish dies. This ...

Chances are the only time you've seen an anglerfish alive was an animated version in "Finding Nemo." Last week, it was the anglerfish that just kept swimming, a phenomenon that's given the tiny ...