Hatchetfish, tiny "alien-looking" creatures known for an uncanny ability to hide out in open water, use mirror-like scales to deflect and diffuse light to make themselves invisible to predators ...

If you’ve ever wanted to know what life in the deep sea is really like, take a moment to look into the tortured eyes of a marine hatchetfish. Sure, I’m projecting emotions onto a fish that just ...

The hatchetfish (Argyropelecus spp.) has a bioluminescent belly that allows it to blend in with sunlight from above. Now Alison Sweeney and her colleagues at the University of Pennsylvania in ...

Throughout the oceans, many animals are on a mission to avoid their predators, while others hope to hide from their prey. One of the best ways to do so is to blend into the background. And there's ...