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This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. It’s not often that someone discovers a new ...

Two new species have been discovered swimming off the coast of Western Australia and, like all deep-sea beasties, they are pretty unusual. Say hello to a brand new species of lanternshark that glows ...

It’s scientific name is Etmopterus benchleyi, but when a shark is all-black, lurks in the depths of the ocean, and has the ability to glow, why limit yourself to the official nomenclature? Researchers ...

The newly discovered Central American shark is jet black and has light-emitting organs called photophores that glow — just as the name suggests You can save this article by registering for free here.

The dwarf lanternshark was discovered decades ago by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s research vessel Oregon. The discovery (along with a second species of lanternshark) was published in a 1985 ...

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It’s not often that someone discovers a new species, especially when it’s been under their nose for years. A shark collected during a research expedition in 2010 turns out to be a ninja lanternshark, ...