The otherworldly looking sea creature that washed up near Laguna Niguel was actually a fairly common fish, the moray eel. The eel’s teeth point backward, making it hard for anything it has bitten to ...

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Scientists in California have reported that moray eels have a set of teeth within a second set of jaws, called the pharyngeal jaws, that help them capture their prey. Once the moray eel secures its ...

Scientists found a “rare” slimy creature hiding in “brackish water” of Japan and the Philippines and discovered a new species. Photo from Hirozumi Kobayashi via Huang, Hibino, Balisco and Liao (2024) ...

Off the coast of the Arabian Peninsula, a 1-foot-long sea creature with “sharp” teeth tucked itself deep into the crevice of a coral reef. Eventually something lured it out — and right into a trap.