The deep sea is filled with all manner of weird and wonderful creatures. Among them is a bizarre eel species with a giant mouth that has a remarkable resemblance to a pelican's beak. Dubbed the ...

The ocean depths are home to a phantasmagoria of bizarre creatures, ranging from the footballfish to the "vampire squid from hell." Living in the dark at crushing depths, the animals below are rarely ...

The pelican eel (Eurypharynx pelecanoides) is a type of gulper eel characterised by its large, pelican-like mouth, which can be longer than its body and is used to swallow prey whole. Found in the ...

Elusive eels may use ultra-black pigmentation alongside bioluminescence to pounce upon and engulf unwitting prey. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here ...

The Nautilus team discovered a pelican eel (Eurypharynx pelecanoides). His pocket-shaped mouth can inflate in almost no time and snap up prey - much like a pelican. The gulper eel (Eurypharynx ...